charlatanry
Americannoun
plural
charlatanriesEtymology
Origin of charlatanry
Example Sentences
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The low comedy of charlatanry, however, should not distract us from the lethal dangers of a wounded and swaggering identity geopolitics.
From New York Times
Mr. Ozkaya is yet another challenger to the notion of art as sacred relic: His copy is a direct descendant of the heady mischief — some might say charlatanry — Duchamp opened the door to when he scribbled a signature on a urinal and pronounced it art.
From New York Times
Institutions of supposedly higher education are awash with hysteria, authoritarianism, obscurantism, philistinism and charlatanry.
From Washington Post
In lectures he accused Matisse of “charlatanry” and the sale of Futurist paintings as “a gold brick swindle.”
From Los Angeles Times
Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge in 1928, Randi left his Toronto home at 17 to join a carnival, where he learned how to work within the cracks of human attention; Houdini was a model, both as an artist and as an investigator into paranormal charlatanry, which Randi regards as both cruel to its victims and a betrayal of magic.
From Los Angeles Times
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