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单词 pageantry
释义

pageantry

noun

pag·​eant·​ry ˈpa-jən-trē How to pronounce pageantry (audio)
1
: pageants and the presentation of pageants
2
: colorful, rich, or splendid display : spectacle
3
: mere show : empty display

Example Sentences

I like the tradition and pageantry that come with graduations.
Recent Examples on the Web Royal pageantry is to be on full display: The coffin is to be draped in a royal flag and scepter. Max Colchester, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 Gardeners were busily trimming royal lawns in anticipation of the days of pageantry ahead. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 The institution of hereditary kingship is irrational and impractical, sustained in the present era only through a willful combination of public pageantry and concealed mystery. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2022 In retrospect, the pageantry of the inaugural game at Protective Stadium may have been a bit too much for the Blazers. Evan Dudley, al, 8 Oct. 2021 For Herbstreit, standing at the center of the sport’s unmistakable pageantry has always felt perfectly natural, like a calling from birth. J. Brady MccolloughStaff WriterFollow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 The retired rugby player, 43, poked fun at formal fashion on Instagram Friday amid the ongoing pomp and pageantry surrounding Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 3 June 2022 Expect military pageantry, as more than 1,200 officers, several hundred army musicians and 240 horses make their way down The Mall — the main road leading to Buckingham Palace. Anna Cooban, CNN, 2 June 2022 All that ceremony, all that pomp, all that pageantry that is both meaningful and meaningless. Raven Smith, Vogue, 1 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1

pageantry

noun

as in pomp

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pomp
  • spectacle
  • fanfare
  • razzmatazz
  • glitz
  • ostentation
  • flamboyance
  • garishness
  • gaudiness
  • dazzle
  • ostentatiousness
  • showiness
  • parade
  • pageant
  • flashiness
  • razzle-dazzle
  • extravaganza
  • mummery
  • foofaraw
  • swank
  • ornamentation
  • pretentiousness
  • opulence
  • magnificence
  • éclat
  • adornment
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • richness
  • decoration
  • extravagance
  • sumptuousness
  • luxuriance
  • show
  • dressing
  • trimming
  • flash
  • luxuriousness
  • embellishment
  • fanciness
  • tawdriness
  • garnishment
  • luridness
  • vulgarity
  • meretriciousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • restraint
  • elegance
  • simplicity
  • modesty
  • moderation
  • understatement
  • gracefulness
  • conservativeness
  • tastefulness
  • minimalism
  • severity
  • plainness
  • austerity
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