Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/August 11

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Word of the day
for August 11
claque n
  1. A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
  2. (by extension)
    1. A group of fawning admirers.
    2. A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.
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