About The Word Mummery

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Mummery

Mummery Meaning & Definition
Mummery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mummery?

[n] meaningless ceremonies and flattery

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mummery: flummery

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mummery: abracadabra | acting | affectation | baccalaureate service | buffoonery | business | camouflage | cant | celebration | ceremonial | ceremony | characterization | commencement | convocation | disguise | domino | empty formality | empty gesture | exercise | exercises | false colors | false face | false front | false piety | falseness | formal | formality | function | gag | goody-goodiness | graduation | graduation exercises | ham | hammy acting | hocus-pocus | hoke | hokum | hypocrisy | hypocriticalness | impersonation | inaugural | inauguration | incognito | initiation | insincerity | lip service | liturgy | mask | masque | masquerade | mealymouthedness | mimesis | mimicking | mimicry | miming | mouthing | mumbo-jumbo | observance | office | oiliness | ostentatious devotion | overacting | pantomiming | patter | Pecksniffery | performance | performing | personation | pharisaicalness | pharisaism | pietism | pietisticalness | piety | piousness | playacting | playing | portrayal | projection | protective coloration | religionism | religiosity | religious ceremony | representation | rite | rite de passage | rite of passage | ritual | sanctimoniousness | sanctimony | self-righteousness | service | slapstick | smoke screen | snivel | snuffle | snuffling | soft soap | solemnity | solemnization | stage business | stage directions | stage presence | stunt | sweet talk | taking a role | Tartuffery | Tartuffism | tokenism | unction | unctuousness | visor | vizard | vizard mask

See Also | hokum | meaninglessness | nonsense | nonsensicality

Mummery In Webster's Dictionary

\Mum"mer*y\, n.; pl. {Mummeries}. [F. momerie, of Dutch or German origin. See {Mumm}.] 1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery. The mummery of foreign strollers. --Fenton. 2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. --Bacon.

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