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puppetry /ˈpʌpɪtri /noun [mass noun]1The art of operating puppets, typically either by strings controlled from above or by hand: theatre for children featuring dance, puppetry, and music shadow puppetry...- The puppetry itself is top-notch, right down to the Cat's expressive eyebrows.
- Combining music, storytelling, puppetry and movement, the company gives children and their families an interactive show held in a multi-sensory environment.
- Shadow puppetry is one of the oldest art forms in Indonesia.
1.1Pretence; artifice: the leadership is phony with their religio-political puppetry...- This, Bell writes, is "not journalism but puppetry".
- There is no more flagrant proof of government puppetry.
- Scipio's political career was mere puppetry, and his military career was as brief as it was degrading.
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