charlatanry
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charlatanriesEtymology
Origin of charlatanry
Example Sentences
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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
The history of hypnotism is closely associated with that of charlatanry, though at some periods the practice has reached an honourable position in therapeutics.
From Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge by Culpin, Millais
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