mummery
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But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist mummery, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
Typically, contemporary novelists speak reverently of their form, as if the result were some kind of sacred object, so Alice’s position has a refreshing lack of mummery.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2021
“You know what that means,” is all he offered, and, after an evening of portentous headgear mummery, this hint at abdication should not be taken lightly.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2019
It's all mummery and flummery, and conducted with a winning amateurishness.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2012
"It would seem you've had quite an adventure. These men you heard, you say they spoke of juggling and mummery?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
He grew cold to newsmen, turned his press conferences into funereal mummeries, finally began canceling them altogether.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor was it ''mere timidity or fanaticism or calculated hardness: it was a deep and speculative thing: hatred of all shams, scorn of all mummeries, a bitter, merciless pleasure in the hard facts.
From Time Magazine Archive
But these had been mere mummeries, mere child's play, and the soul of Filarete had thirsted for a reality.
From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Vernon Lee
The intervals of the performances will be filled up by the solemn mummeries of the celebrated clerical buffoon, the Reverend Timothy Twist, assisted by a Deathless Clown from Drury Lane, and other available talent.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
To be boxed up in the midst of mummeries and lies—he would start up and pace the floor, the sweat standing on his face.
From An Ocean Tramp by William McFee
