Explore Hokum through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like nonsense or bunk. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hokum in a sentence
Hokum meaning
- (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
- (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.
- A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.
Synonyms of Hokum
Using Hokum
- The main meaning on this page is: (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate. | (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc. | A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.
- Useful related words include: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness.
Context around Hokum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hokum
- In this selection, "hokum" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ghost and demonstrated stand out and add context to how "hokum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called it hokum and radio and silly ghost hokum but the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hokum" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hokum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Three Hokum-Xs were completed from 1998-2001. (8 words)
The "Hokum" demonstrated its advantages by operating at a high altitude and an air temperature of more than 30 °C. (20 words)
Innuendo and double entendres… Back in the early to mid 20th Century, they called it hokum and radio couldn’t play it. (22 words)
Not only do viewers have to deal with a lot of silly ghost hokum, but the subplot of Blanche dating a baseball player who she “turns into a cross-dresser” is forced and unamusing. (34 words)
Innuendo and double entendres… Back in the early to mid 20th Century, they called it hokum and radio couldn’t play it. (22 words)
The "Hokum" demonstrated its advantages by operating at a high altitude and an air temperature of more than 30 °C. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Innuendo and double entendres… Back in the early to mid 20th Century, they called it hokum and radio couldn’t play it.
Not only do viewers have to deal with a lot of silly ghost hokum, but the subplot of Blanche dating a baseball player who she “turns into a cross-dresser” is forced and unamusing.
The "Hokum" demonstrated its advantages by operating at a high altitude and an air temperature of more than 30 °C.
Three Hokum-Xs were completed from 1998-2001.