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UK
/kwˈækəɹi/
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[ US /ˈkwækɝi/ ]
[ US /ˈkwækɝi/ ]
NOUN
- medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- the dishonesty of a charlatan
How To Use quackery In A Sentence
- Their definition of quackery is the application of treatments that have not been scientifically proven to have any effects, that are practiced by physicians as well as specialists without a MD and they organise congresses from time to time where they say things like this. The Organisation against Quackery
- Substituting logic and reasoning for quackery and fraud appalls me.
- Let us not be put off by the use of the word holistic, which we have come frequently to associate with some homeopathic quackery.
- Where the distinction between reliable and unreliable information is unclear, quackery, soothsaying, and magical thinking thrive.
- There you will find extensive accounts of this and other forms of quackery, from Ayurveda and aromatherapy to zen shiatsu to zone therapy.
- Yesterday, I expressed dismay at how Dr. Mehmet Oz, the protege of Oprah Winfrey who now has his own popular syndicated daily show, recently named the quackery known as reiki as number one in his list of "gone completely over to the Dark Side. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- One is called quackery while the other is view as a legitimate religion. Propeller Most Popular Stories
- As for the low head hydro, Clive, well the word quackery springs to mind. News round-up
- Other accessions included two 19th-century drug mills, an electric belt used in quackery, two medicine chests, three sets of Hessian crucibles used in a pioneer drugstore in Colorado, a drunkometer, mineral ores, and purely produced chemical elements. History of the Division of Medical Sciences United States National Museum Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 43, 1964
- Somehow the word healer has a negative connotation for me, associated with quackery or similar. On Healing