charade

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It was beyond appalling that this charade was allowed to happen in front of a national TV audience.

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  1. noun Games A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime, sometimes syllable by syllable, until they are guessed by the other players.
  2. noun Games An episode in this game or a word or phrase so represented.
  3. noun A readily perceived pretense; a travesty: went through the charade of a public apology.

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  • It was obvious that this charade was the most fun any of these guys had had in a long time. —  Chapter One
  • He almost forgot who he really was, and what this charade was all about, because what came flooding into the forefront of his mind was his normal technique for dealing with minor-league officiousness, clerical obstructionism, and the arrogance of petty authority. —  Kahawa
  • Carroll had it all over his hands for the charade, and a luminous mask and horns. —  Wicked Uncle - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 12 (apa Spotlight)
  • It was beyond appalling that this charade was allowed to happen in front of a national TV audience. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Algerians go to the polls in a few hours 'time to vote in a presidential election which opposition groups have described as a charade. —  BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, probably from Provençal charrado, chat, from charra, to chat, chatter, perhaps from Italian ciarlare.

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  1. F.; a modern word of unknown origin.
 

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