codology

/ kɒdˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   the art or practice of bluffing or deception

Example Sentences

She described opposition to women priests as 'misogynist codology dressed up as theology', and criticised 'the patronising platitudes that women have heard from a succession of popes and cardinals'.

From New York Times

So, yes, “Da,” as directed by Charlotte Moore, has lot of claptrap — or what several characters call “codology” — but less psychologizing and sentimentalizing than you might expect.

From New York Times

So they started talking about capital punishment and of course Bloom comes out with the why and the wherefore and all the codology of the business and the old dog smelling him all the time I'm told those jewies does have a sort of a queer odour coming off them for dogs about I don't know what all deterrent effect and so forth and so on.

From Project Gutenberg