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charlatan
[ shahr-luh-tn ]
noun
- a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than they possess; fraud; quack.
Synonyms: phony, fake, fraud, mountebank, impostor
charlatan
/ ˈʃɑːlətən /
noun
- someone who professes knowledge or expertise, esp in medicine, that he or she does not have; quack
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Derived Forms
- ˈcharlatanˌism, noun
- ˌcharlatanˈistic, adjective
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Other Words From
- char·la·tan·ic [shahr-l, uh, -, tan, -ik], char·la·tan·i·cal char·la·tan·ish char·la·tan·is·tic adjective
- char·la·tan·i·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of charlatan1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of charlatan1
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Example Sentences
Read a cautionary tale about the seductive and dangerous power of a charlatan sociopath, featuring goats and the American Dream.
Charlatan is an unfair word,” Kennedy opined, but “he did an awful lot for effect.
And the gratitude I get is this charlatan chose not to do his job, which is to write.
Recognizing that Messier was simply a corporate charlatan, Bronfman stepped up and led the charge to remove the megalomaniac.
In our shock at the way things have turned out, we wonder if there is anyone left in charge who's not a charlatan or a fool.
The Britons and the Germans seemed not to heed; but now and then the American school-marms unmasked the charlatan.
In spite of his true greatness he lacked simplicity, and he imported the arts of a charlatan into political life.
Willis was represented by the prince's party as a charlatan, and Warren was pitted against him as the doctor of the opposition.
It would place him before the world as a false teacher, a fraud, a charlatan.
Should we not brand such a man as an unscrupulous charlatan or at best as a dangerous visionary?
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