hokum
Example Sentences
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It abandoned the hokum that convinced educators that they could teach kids to read through pictures and context clues rather than decoding words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
"That is hokum," Matz told the appeals court.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
Similarly, the way “Good Night Oppy” anthropomorphizes the robots might sound like pure Hollywood hokum.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
But despite this incisive dramatic perspective, Diallo is determined to make a horror film, and soon these well observed moments are engulfed in a deluge of supernatural hokum that paradoxically makes “Master” much more mundane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
And even though I knew the ins and outs of such hokum, I was still impressed.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
