puffery
UK/'pʌfәri/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
Excessive or exaggerated praise, especially used in advertising or promotion
过分吹捧，夸大宣传
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpuffstem
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eryrelating to, connected with
=puffery
Common Collocations
- 1.mere puffery不过是夸大其词
- 2.advertising puffery广告吹嘘
- 3.[corporate puffery]企业宣传噱头
- 4.dismiss as puffery斥为空洞吹捧
Example Sentences
- 1.
The advertisement was full of puffery, claiming the product would change your life.
- 2.
Courts generally allow puffery in marketing, as consumers know not to take it literally.
- 3.
His speech was dismissed as mere puffery with no substance behind the grand promises.