mummery
Americannoun
plural
mummeries-
the performance of mummers.
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any performance, ceremony, etc., regarded as absurd, false, or ostentatious.
noun
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a performance by mummers
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hypocritical or ostentatious ceremony
Etymology
Origin of mummery
Example Sentences
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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
That was when Tyrion noticed Penny, watching the mummery from the steep wooden stair that led down beneath the stemcastle.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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