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trumpery

noun as in deception

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How trumpery it all seemed now with his wide experience of life and his knowledge of other countries and the great outside world.

The trumpery thing had seemed a sign to them, and now the sign was broken.

Roll up your aristocratic trumpery, and give the party a leader.

He—to be summoned to take a long journey on account of some trumpery cattle case!

I don't care how trumpery the arguments used; I don't value one straw the fallacy of the statements put forward.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trumpery, such as: falsehood, malarky, nonsense, rubbish, trash, and trickery.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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