What is another word for Wiggery?

Pronunciation: [wˈɪɡəɹi] (IPA)

Wiggery, which refers to deceitful or tricky behavior, has several synonyms that can be used interchangeably depending on the context. Some of the most common synonyms include craftiness, cunning, duplicity, guile, deceit, deception, and trickery. These words can be used to describe individuals who are sly, manipulative, and insincere in their dealings with others. For instance, one might say that a salesperson used cunning tactics to get someone to buy a product they didn't need. Alternatively, someone might use the word duplicity to describe a politician who claims to support a certain cause while secretly working against it. Regardless of the synonym used, these words all describe behaviors that are designed to mislead or deceive others.

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What are the hypernyms for Wiggery?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wiggery

What misfortune had made him bald so early-if to be bald early in life be a misfortune-I cannot say; but he had lost the hair from the crown of his head, and had preferred Wiggery to baldness.
"The Claverings"
Anthony Trollope
You see, we have done with Wiggery of all kinds; and if one of our judges were to wear such an appendage, he'd be taken for a merry-andrew, and the court would become a kind of show-box-instead of such arrangements producing with us solemnity, they would produce nothing but laughter, and the greatest possible irregularity.
"A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America"
S. A. Ferrall
Yes-yes-that may do for Englishmen very well; but, I guess, it would not go down here-no, no, Americans are a little more enlightened than to stand that kind of Wiggery.
"A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America"
S. A. Ferrall

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