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charlatanry

American  
[shahr-luh-tn-ree] / ˈʃɑr lə tn ri /

noun

  • charlatanries
    plural
  1. charlatanism.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of charlatanry

First recorded in 1630–40; charlatan + -ry


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The tendency is to understand it as the cousin of affectation, one of the dark arts of charlatanry.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2016

It marries the language of self-help charlatanry to the style of popular cosmology and the no-nonsense authenticity of backyard tinkering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2015

Scientific charlatanry is one of their main interests, and the Wild West nature of China's booming economy has given them no shortage of material.

From Time ● Sep. 8, 2010

Whether this constitutes medical magic by a man ahead of his time or dangerous charlatanry is hotly debated.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet, even here, some received it as if it were some new move of charlatanry, or some new device for extracting money from full purses.

From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Charles Loring Brace

His style is clear, polished, graceful, and harmonious, combining a flowing movement with condensation, and free from the tricks and charlatanries of diction.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad

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