THE DEFINITION OF “TRUMPERY” — (Merriam-Webster, Oxford)

trum•pery (n) — Late Middle English (tromper — to cheat), Middle French (tromperie — deceit), 1425–1485. Worthless nonsense, to deceive, swindle, something without worth or value, rubbish, trash, fraud, foolish talk or actions, showy but worthless finery, attractive articles of little value or use, gaudy.

Synonyms — baloney, bamboozle, bad, bum, inferior, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, common, cheap, trashy, wretched, falsehood, malarkey, bogus, garbage, scroungy, mangy, mean, sleazy, small-time, ordinary.

“He exposed their ideals as trumpery.”

“They blame the Papists for having so many trumperies in their churches.”

“Thus, under no obligations whatsoever, they inspired in one another a genial satisfaction in the trumpery.”