hokeyness

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A form of hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.

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Meanings

nounhokeyness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of hokiness.

    The hokeyness is also all too familiar: smoke and mirrors (literally), overwrought music and well-scrubbed, overly rehearsed contestants who cry and laugh on cue.

    2008 January 25, Alessandra Stanley, “Fishing for True Confessions by Dangling a Pot of Gold”, in New York Times

Origin

From hokey + -ness.

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APA

hokeyness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokeyness

MLA

“hokeyness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokeyness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hokeyness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokeyness.

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