1. Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
   "He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure trumpery";
   - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], junk [informal], bull [slang], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage
    
2. Ornamental objects of no great value
   "The antique shop was filled with trumpery that appealed to tourists";
   - falderol [rare], frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, folderol [archaic], falderal [archaic]

Derived forms: trumperies

Type of: content, decoration, message, ornament, ornamentation, subject matter, substance

Encyclopedia: Trumpery