charlatanism
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Origin of charlatanism
Example Sentences
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Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
It was an exceptional display of charlatanism by people who transparently did not know what they were doing.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2024
We’re reminded that cinema — call it movie magic — is itself an advanced form of charlatanism, a sustained illusion that leaves us wondering, “How’d they do that?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
"I think the idea of deriding experts, the idea of deriding people that spend their entire life researching and experimenting, is a return to charlatanism if we start doing that."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2017
The writer of this tale has witnessed such a scene, and regards it as the grandest triumph of mind over matter, of truth over charlatanism, that ever came under his eyes.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
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