charlatanry
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
charlatanry (countable and uncountable, plural charlatanries)
- (uncountable) The state of being a charlatan.
- 2012, Elson Quick, Baddha:
- I'd always considered astrology bullshit, right up there with the legal, real estate and banking businesses in terms of thieving ass-sucking charlatanry, but it's clear I've been doing it a misservice.
- (countable) The act of a charlatan.
Quotations edit
- 1859, Leroy J Halsey, The Works of Philip Lindsley:
- Well informed men cannot be easily imposed on by any species of charlatanry, fraud, quackery, fanaticism, superstition, hypocrisy
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state of being a charlatan
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act of a charlatan
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