What is another word for quackery?
Pronunciation:
[ kwˈakəɹi], [ kwˈakəɹi], [ k_w_ˈa_k_ə_ɹ_i]
Related words: homeopathy, alternative medicine, traditional medicine, health care
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Synonyms for Quackery:
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n.
• act • hypocrisy- bad faiths ,
- dis honesties ,
- dis honesty ,
- dis play ,
- dis plays ,
- dis simulation ,
- dis simulations ,
- dis-honesties ,
- dis-honesty ,
- dis-play ,
- dis-plays ,
- dis-simulation ,
- dis-simulations ,
- dissemblings ,
- dissimulations ,
- doubledealing ,
- false professions ,
- glibnesses ,
- in sincerities ,
- in sincerity ,
- in-sincerities ,
- in-sincerity ,
- pharisaicalnesses ,
- unctuousnesses .
Other synonyms:
- Artificial Feeding ,
- acupressure ,
- acupuncture ,
- aftercare ,
- alternative medicine ,
- anaesthesia ,
- analgesia ,
- anesthesia ,
- aromatherapy ,
- artificial insemination .
Other relevant words:
- Altiloquence ,
- Bam ,
- Charlatanry ,
- Double dealing ,
- Flam ,
- Indexterity ,
- Mountebankery ,
- Pharisaism ,
- Phariseeism ,
- Precisianism ,
- Purism ,
- Quackeries ,
- Quackism ,
- Unproficiency ,
- airs ,
- bad faith ,
- cajolery ,
- cant ,
- charlatanism ,
- chicanery ,
- confidence game ,
- crocodile tears ,
- deceit ,
- deceitfulness ,
- disqualification ,
- duplicity ,
- empiricism ,
- euphuism ,
- fakery ,
- falsehood ,
- falseness ,
- flattery ,
- flimflam ,
- fraud ,
- gammon ,
- guile ,
- hoax ,
- hollowness ,
- humbug ,
- hypocrisy ,
- inability ,
- incompetence ,
- inexperience ,
- infelicity ,
- insincerity ,
- jesuitism ,
- jesuitry ,
- knavery ,
- lip homage ,
- lip service ,
- lying ,
- mace ,
- mendacity ,
- mouth honor ,
- pedantry ,
- perfidy ,
- phoniness ,
- pretension ,
- rip off ,
- roguery ,
- sanctimoniousness ,
- sanctimony ,
- tartuffery ,
- teratology ,
- trickery ,
- two-facedness ,
- unskillfulness ,
- whacker .
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How to use "Quackery" in context?
Quackery is a term used to describe any sort of unscientific or pseudoscientific medicine or therapy. The term comes from the Dutch word "kraakhek" (a type of saw), which was used in the 17th century to describe various fake medicines. Over time, the term has come to refer to any sort of false or unsound medical advice or treatment.
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