Hoaxical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhəʊks.ɪkl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hoaxical is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a hoax; having the character of a hoax.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to a hoax; having the character of a hoax.
Example Sentences
XVI. Its want of unity, and therefore use,¶ Would ruin it; its hoaxical hodge-podging;¶ Dull quacks, smart quacks, cramped quacks, and quacks diffuse,[...]
A hoaxical looking article, under the above caption, is going the rounds and represents that successful experiments on this subject have been recently made at Berlin.
Correpondingly, hoaxical, satiric, ironic and deconstructive Eureka-inspired readings should be distinguished from the noncosmological categories of hoaxical, satiric and ironic, and deconstructive readings.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hologrammatic, fictive, pseudohallucinatory, pseudomorphic, pseudohistorical, parodic.
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