quackery
1Quackery — Quack er*y, n.; pl. {Quackeries}. The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …
2quackery — index abortion (fiasco), fraud, hypocrisy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3quackery — (n.) c.1710, from QUACK (Cf. quack) (n.) + ERY (Cf. ery) …
4quackery — [kwak′ər ē] n. the claims or methods of a quack …
5Quackery — Quack redirects here. For other uses, see Quack (disambiguation). WPA poster, 1936 38 Quackery is a derogatory term used to describe the promotion[1] of unproven or fraudulent medica …
6quackery — [[t]kwæ̱kəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a form of medical treatment as quackery, you think that it is unlikely to work because it is not scientific. To some people, herbal remedies smell of quackery …
7Quackery — Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our desire to… …
8quackery — Ⅰ. quack [1] ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. ► VERB ▪ make this sound. ORIGIN imitative. Ⅱ. quack [2] ► NOUN …
9quackery — noun Date: circa 1711 the practices or pretensions of a quack …
10quackery — /kwak euh ree/, n., pl. quackeries. 1. the practice or methods of a quack. 2. an instance of this. [1700 10; QUACK2 + ERY] * * * …
