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hoaxterism

hoaxterism noun: the quality or state of being a hoaxter.

Noun

hoaxterism

  1. The quality or state of being a hoaxter.
    • But my own true reason, my intimate reason as dilettante hoaxster, was this: one of my oldest friends, deceased by now, a hoaxster of the supreme category, was the illustrious Sapeck, prince of hoaxterism in the Latin Quarter.2010, S. Brent Morris, Arturo de Hoyos, Is it True What They Say About Freemasonry?, page 216
    • Private companies are entitled to make the decision that Jones’s brand of hoaxterism, which does real and lasting harm, is censorship-worthy.2018 August 8, Jesse Singal, “After Alex Jones, bracing for the next deranged conspiracy theory”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin of hoaxterism

From hoaxter + -ism.

Questions about hoaxterism

What does hoaxterism mean?
Hoaxterism means the quality or state of being a hoaxter.
What part of speech is hoaxterism?
Hoaxterism is a noun.

Words near hoaxterism in the dictionary

  1. hoaxlike
  2. Hoaxocaust
  3. hoaxster
  4. hoaxsters
  5. hoaxter
  6. hoaxterism
  7. hoaxters
  8. hoaxy
  9. hoazin
  10. hoazins
  11. hob

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