charlatanry
31Molière — /mohl yair /; Fr. /maw lyerdd /, n. (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622 73, French actor and playwright. * * * orig. Jean Baptiste Poquelin (baptized Jan. 15, 1622, Paris, France died Feb. 17, 1673, Paris) French playwright, actor, and director. The… …
32physiognomy — physiognomic /fiz ee og nom ik, ee euh nom /, physiognomical, physiognomonic /fiz ee og neuh mon ik, on euh /, physiognomonical, adj. physiognomically, physiognomonically, adv. physiognomist, n. /fiz ee og neuh mee, on euh mee/, n., pl.… …
33priesthood — /preest hood/, n. 1. the condition or office of a priest. 2. priests collectively. [bef. 900; ME presthed(e), presthod(e), OE preosthad. See PRIEST, HOOD] * * * Office of a spiritual leader expert in the ceremonies of worship and the performance… …
34Shihuangdi — or Shih Huang ti orig. Zhao Zheng born с 259 BC, Qin state, northwestern China died 210 BC, Hebei province Founder of the Qin dynasty (221–207 BC). His father was king of Qin, which was regarded as barbarous by the central states of China but had …
35Neo-Pythagorean Philosophy — • An ethico religious society founded by Pythagoras, which flourished especially in Magna Graecia in the fifth century B.C. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Neo Pythagorean Philosophy Neo Pythagorean Philoso …
36deception — de·cep·tion /di sep shən/ n 1: an act of deceiving 2: something that deceives: deceit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
37fraud — n [Latin fraud fraus] 1 a: any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage; specif: a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with… …
38empiricism — noun a) A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation. Our whole life in some of its highest and most important aspects is simply empiricism. Empiricism is only another word… …
39charlatan — noun A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit. Syn: swindler, mountebank, fraudster, con artist, con man, imposter, impostor, fraud, phony, fake …
40artifice — ar·ti·fice / är tə fəs/ n: a clever strategy usu. intended to deceive or defraud Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. artifice …
