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词汇 humbuggery
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释义 humbuggery
noun[ U ]
 old-fashioneduk /ˌhʌmˈbʌɡ.ər.i/ us /ˌhʌmˈbʌɡ.ɚ.i/
dishonest talk, writing, or behaviour that is intended to deceive people: 欺骗行为(或言论)
Years of his humbuggery made the public unwilling to believe anything he said.多年的欺骗行为使得公众不再相信他的任何言论。
Synonym
humbug(DISHONESTY)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lies, lying & hypocrisy
a pack of liesidiom
artifice
bad faith
black is whiteidiom
cakeism
falsehood
falsification
feed someone a lineidiom
fib
fiction
lie
mythologize
perjure
perjury
polygraph
someone can talk!idiom
stretch the truthidiom
weasel words
white lie
whopper

Examples of humbuggery


humbuggery
It seems to me that he is indulging in a grave act of humbuggery.
From the
Hansard archive

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Fantasy elements are minimal; other than telepathy, most instances of magic are dismissed or exposed as humbuggery.
From
Wikipedia

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