'Mummery' definitions:
Definition of 'mummery'
(from WordNet)
noun
Meaningless ceremonies and flattery [syn: mummery, flummery]
Definition of 'Mummery'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'mummery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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