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quackery
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Quackery
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quack·er·y
/
ˈkwæk
ə
ri
/
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[
kwak
-
uh
-ree
]
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noun,
plural
quack·er·ies.
1.
the practice or methods of a
quack
.
2.
an instance of this.
Origin:
1700–10;
quack
2
+
-ery
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quackery
(ˈkwækərɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-eries
the activities or methods of a quack
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Example sentences
Speaking of threats to public health there is a widespread form of
quackery
out
there.
We're a hundred years away from calling it science
quackery
.
But unconventional potions and practices afford rich opportunities for
quackery
.
Simply put,
quackery
is the promotion of a medical remedy that doesn't work or
hasn't been proven to work.
And using pseudo-scientific
quackery
, particularly the kind that is culturally specific, won't do much in helping anything.
He took delight in ridiculing humbug,
quackery
, and falsity of all kinds.
When the stakes are lowered, the door is open to
quackery
.
Frequently the
quackery
is keyed to news of medical progress.
There is a much more serious point here, which is the damage this type of
quackery
does to real science.
Alternative and complementary medicine are mostly
quackery
.
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"There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art.... Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional
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