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Meaning of "hucksterism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUCKSTERISM

hucksterism  [ˈhʌkstəˌrɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUCKSTERISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hucksterism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HUCKSTERISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Huckster

Particularly in the United States, a huckster is a pejorative for a person who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics.

Definition of hucksterism in the English dictionary

The definition of hucksterism in the dictionary is the practice of being a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUCKSTERISM


adventurism
ədˈvɛntʃəˌrɪzəm
aneurysm
ˈænjəˌrɪzəm
aphorism
ˈæfəˌrɪzəm
asterism
ˈæstəˌrɪzəm
barbarism
ˈbɑːbəˌrɪzəm
consumerism
kənˈsjuːməˌrɪzəm
counterterrorism
ˌkaʊntəˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
esoterism
ɛˈsɒtəˌrɪzəm
futurism
ˈfjuːtʃəˌrɪzəm
hypopituitarism
ˌhaɪpəpɪˈtjuːɪtəˌrɪzəm
isomerism
aɪˈsɒməˌrɪzəm
mannerism
ˈmænəˌrɪzəm
mesmerism
ˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm
militarism
ˈmɪlɪtəˌrɪzəm
naturism
ˈneɪtʃəˌrɪzəm
plagiarism
ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm
secularism
ˈsɛkjʊləˌrɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
Thatcherism
ˈθætʃəˌrɪzəm
voluntarism
ˈvɒləntəˌrɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUCKSTERISM

huck
huckaback
huckery
huckle
huckleberries
huckleberry
hucklebone
huckster
hucksterage
hucksteress
huckstery
huckstress
HUD
Huddersfield
huddle
huddled
huddler
Huddleston
huddup
hudibrastic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUCKSTERISM

allomerism
boosterism
careerism
chimerism
eumerism
gangsterism
hetaerism
hipsterism
Hitlerism
keto-enol tautomerism
metamerism
panderism
pauperism
phalansterism
Quakerism
ranterism
spoonerism
stereoisomerism
tautomerism
tourism
volunteerism

Synonyms and antonyms of hucksterism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hucksterism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUCKSTERISM

Find out the translation of hucksterism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hucksterism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hucksterism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hucksterism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hucksterism
570 millions of speakers

English

hucksterism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hucksterism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hucksterism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hucksterism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hucksterism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hucksterism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hucksterism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hucksterism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Profitmacherei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hucksterism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hucksterism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hucksterism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hucksterism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hucksterism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हुकरिस्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hucksterism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hucksterism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hucksterism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hucksterism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hucksterism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παζάρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hucksterism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hucksterism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høkervirksomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hucksterism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUCKSTERISM»

The term «hucksterism» is used very little and occupies the 153.206 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUCKSTERISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hucksterism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUCKSTERISM»

Discover the use of hucksterism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hucksterism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reorganizing Our Universities: An Inside Look At What ...
PRESIDENTIAL. POLITICS,. QUOTA. GAMES,. HUCKSTERISM,. AND. THE. TRIUMPH. OF. SURREALISM. In December of 2002, under somewhat suspicious circumstances, the Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher ...
Alan H. Levy, 2006
2
Give Your Business a Heart (Collection)
5. Customers: Healing. vs. Hucksterism. We do not lack for ideas on how tokeepcustomers coming back: Delight your customers. Exceed their expectations. Listen to what they say. Give them what they want. In the end, keeping customers ...
Dev Patnaik, Jagdish N. Sheth, Rajendra S. Sisodia, 2014
3
American Entrepreneur Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Consumer ...
HUCKSTERISM. BECOMES. RESPECTABLE. P. T. Barnum's great strength and great weakness was his constant self-promotion. Until the late 1800s, in many quarters it was considered poor taste for businesses to promote themselves.
4
American Entrepreneur: The Fascinating Stories of the People ...
HUCKSTERISM. BECOMES. RESPECTABLE. P. T. Barnum's great strength and great weakness was his constant selfpromotion. Until the late 1800s, in many quarters it was considered poor taste for businesses to promote themselves.
Larry SCHWEIKART Ph.D., Lynne PIERSON DOTI Ph.D., 2009
5
Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from ...
5. Customers: Healing. vs. Hucksterism. We do not lack for ideas on how to keep customers coming back: Delight your customers. Exceed their expectations. Listen to what they say. Give them what they want. In the end, keeping customers  ...
Rajendra Sisodia, Jagdish N. Sheth, David B. Wolfe, 2014
6
Delancey's Stapler: Love, Lust, Duty, Doom, Rage, Revelation ...
The. Usual. Beefcake. Hucksterism. As laughter to darkness, as singing to rain, as thumbing to noses, so to Roger Osborn was pizza to the cemetery. Especially now, since he was “off his feed.” “There are only two kinds of girls,” he said, ...
Dave Veith, 2008
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The Advertising Business: Operations, Creativity, Media ...
Joseph Weber, and Heidi Dawley, "The New Hucksterism." Business Week, July I , 1996,77-78. 3. Cited in Chuck Ross, "NBC Mulls Fewer, Longer Ad Breaks," Advertising Age, April 13. 1998,4. 4. Kuntz etal., "The New Hucksterism." 77. 5. Ibid.
John Philip Jones, 1999
8
The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World
The cosmetics industry is often associated with hucksterism. In her history of cosmetics, Teresa Riordan notes that this is not a new phenomenon. For example, a variety of breast creams were sold in the late 19th century with the claim that ...
Mary Zeiss Stange, Carol K. Oyster, Jane E. Sloan, 2011
9
Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy
... Luisa Kroll, “Entertainomercials,” Forbes, November 4, 1996, p. 322, 324. 3 Mary Kuntz and Joseph Weber, “The New Hucksterism," Business Week, July 1, 1996, pp. 77-84.
Robert W. McChesney, 2011
10
Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World
The cosmetics industry is often associated with hucksterism. In her history of cosmetics, Teresa Riordan notes that this is not a new phenomenon. For example, a variety of breast creams were sold in the late 19th century with the claim that ...
Mary Zeiss Stange, Carol K. Oyster, Jane E. Sloan, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUCKSTERISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hucksterism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Penn & Teller On Broadway, Marquis Theatre, New York — review …
... Bernasek, place themselves in the 19th-century tradition of the carnival sideshow, they employ 21st-century techniques of hucksterism. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
The Outsider: A long, strange trip from Las Vegas to L.A. with Pete …
But hucksterism, roguishness, commercialism and deceit were also part of the Rose playbook. That's America, too, if we're being honest. «SI.com, Jul 15»
3
Innovators are killing us: Instead of reinventing housing or transit …
... show how “innovation” has never lost its association with prophecy — and indeed, with hucksterism. Only the scriptures have changed. «Salon, Jul 15»
4
Penn & Teller & Patti LuPone Take Sleight of Hand To New Heights …
A healthy skepticism is one of the elements Penn & Teller expertly weave into the act and part of what makes their brand of hucksterism such a ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
5
End the Home Run Derby - The Washington Post
... as genetically interlaced with the proceedings as they are now — so much so that the derby itself feels like an afterthought to the hucksterism. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
'No Comment' from NAFA about its Form 990s
I do mistrust the contrast between the industry's pious public positions and the hucksterism of its sales culture.) But O'Brien's tenure at NAFA ... «Retirement Income Journal, Jul 15»
7
Chef Virginia Willis wants you to lighten up
There's no hucksterism nor is it preciously pretentious — just a professional chef taking us with her on the next chapter of her life. Her cooking ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
8
One response to the crisis in the law business
Full-price attorneys defend their hostility to LLTs as a way to maintain professional standards and protect consumers from hucksterism. But this ... «San Diego Source, Jul 15»
9
Too Many Lawyers. Here's One Solution
Full-price attorneys defend their hostility to LLTs as a way to maintain professional standards and protect consumers from hucksterism. But this ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
10
10 Things You May Not Know About P.T. Barnum
... 50-year career, the self-described “Prince of Humbugs” established himself as the world's premier purveyor of spectacle and hucksterism. «History, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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