noun
- plural of flackery; insincere or exaggerated flattery; deceptive or misleading talk or writing, especially in advertising or public relations
Usage: informal; often pejorative
Examples
- The advertisement was full of flackeries designed to make the product seem better than it actually was.
- Political campaigns are often criticized for their flackeries and empty promises.
- She saw through all the flackeries in the sales pitch and decided not to buy.
- The company's marketing department specialized in flackeries that appealed to consumers' emotions.
- Despite the flackeries in the brochure, the hotel was quite ordinary.