Thesaurus: quackery
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
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Definitions
- n. The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
- n. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- n. the dishonesty of a charlatan
- The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle.
- The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; falsepretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle.
- n:100 n. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings