🎩foppery (fopéri)

noun
/ˈfɒpəri/
esbroufe (esbroufe)

Signification

Foolish or excessive concern with one's appearance or manners; pretentious behavior.
Traduction de la signification
Une préoccupation excessive ou insensée pour l'apparence ou le comportement; comportement prétentieux.
Une preoccupation excessive ou insensee pour l'apparence ou le comportement; comportement pretentieux.

Phrases d'exemple

His obsession with fashion was dismissed as mere foppery.

Son obsession pour la mode a été rejetée comme une simple esbroufe.
Son obsession pour la mode a ete rejettee comme une simple esbroufe.

Synonymes

vanity, pretension, affectation, ostentation, showiness

Antonymes

modesty, simplicity, humility

Collocations

mere foppery, empty foppery, vain foppery

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