Gimmickry

//ˈɡɪmɪkɹi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Gimmicks collectively. countable, uncountable

    "Then, at least, we shall be able to program consciousness in such wise that it cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of the entertainment world that beset mankind when he encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry."

  2. 2
    a collection of gimmicks wordnet
  3. 3
    The use of gimmicks. countable, uncountable

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"Then, at least, we shall be able to program consciousness in such wise that it cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of the entertainment world that beset mankind when he encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry."

Etymology

From gimmick + -ry.

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