gimmickry
pronunciation
How to pronounce gimmickry in British English:
UK [ˈgɪmɪkri]
How to pronounce gimmickry in American English:
US [ˈɡɪmɪkri]
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- Noun:
- a collection of gimmicks
Word Origin
- gimmickry (n.)
- also gimmickery, by 1950, from gimmick + -ry.
Example
- 1. Investing in banks has required mr buffett to move away from his roots as a pure value investor suspicious of leverage and financial gimmickry .
- 2. In several of these they accused the democrats of resorting to gimmickry in order to secure the constitutionally necessary balanced budget .
- 3. With the exception of the 30 per cent minimum tax on millionaires , which smacked of election-year gimmickry , mr obama 's proposals were too timid .
- 4. Both moves have been criticised in the israeli peace camp as cheap gimmickry ( the mild critics ) , outright demagoguery ( the moderate critics ) or incipient fascism ( the severe critics ) . The criticisms overlap .