claptrap
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noun
1.
pretentious but insincere or empty language: His speeches seem erudite but analysis reveals them to be mere claptrap.
2.
any artifice or expedient for winning applause or impressing the public.
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| —n | |
| 1. | contrived but foolish talk |
| 2. | insincere and pretentious talk: politicians' claptrap |
| [C18 (in the sense: something contrived to elicit applause): from | |
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claptrap
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Example sentences
Your low level radiation nonsense is utter claptrap.
Actually, many of them probably only pretend to believe the claptrap they espouse.
Any suggestion to the contrary is bourgeois nationalist claptrap.
As a reviewer, he is as adept at unwrapping cinematic artistry and expertise as he is at dissecting mediocrity and claptrap.
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