quackery
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Quackery Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Quackery
(n.)
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
(n.)
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
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quackery
Noun
1. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
(synonym) empiricism
(hypernym) medical practice
(derivation) quack
2. the dishonesty of a charlatan
(synonym) charlatanism
(hypernym) dishonesty, knavery
Noun
1. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
(synonym) empiricism
(hypernym) medical practice
(derivation) quack
2. the dishonesty of a charlatan
(synonym) charlatanism
(hypernym) dishonesty, knavery
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quackery
quackery
quackish \quack"ish\, a. like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
quackery
quackish \quack"ish\, a. like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.
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quackery
Charlatanry
Charlatanry
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Coegfeddiginiaeth
Coegfeddiginiaeth = n. quackery, empyrism
Coegfeddiginiaeth = n. quackery, empyrism
Quackery Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
Quackery
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 believe that every disease is curable or at least treatable. Quackery also applies to persons who pretend to be able to diagnose or heal people but are unqualified and incompetant.
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 believe that every disease is curable or at least treatable. Quackery also applies to persons who pretend to be able to diagnose or heal people but are unqualified and incompetant.
Arthritis, quackery
Like many people with chronic ailments, sufferers from arthritis are potentially vulnerable to proponents of "cure-all" treatments which are promoted as having great benefits, but in reality have no right to such claims.
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Quackery
The practice of medicine by a quack
The practice of medicine by a quack
| The Glossary of the American Council on Science and Health |
quackery
Broadly, the pretensions, misrepresentations, practices, and methods of a quack.
Broadly, the pretensions, misrepresentations, practices, and methods of a quack.
Quackery Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Quackery
Quackery is a derogatory term used to describe questionable medical practices. According to Random House Dictionary, a "quack" is considered a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan." It is defined as the "medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings. The dishonesty of a charlatan."
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