charlatanry
51quackery — n. Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, mummery, imposition, pretension, humbug …
52humbug — I. n. (Colloq.) 1. Imposition, imposture, fetch, deception, fraud, trick, cheat, gammon, dodge, gouge, blind, feint, chouse, hoax. 2. Charlatanry, charlatanism, quackery, mummery, cant, hypocrisy. 3. Impostor, charlatan, quack, cheat. II. v. a.… …
53claptrap — n 1. bombast, rodomontade, rant, inflation, fustian, cant, jargon, empty words, hogwash; ostentation, sensationalism, frippery, gaudiness, tawdriness, glitter, gloss; pretentiousness, pretension, pretense, false show; bluster, fanfaronade,… …
54hypocrisy — n 1. false goodness, pietism, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, Tartuffery, pharisaism, Relig. formalism; cant, lip service, mouth honor; sophistry, speciousness; false profession, pretense, pretext; pretension, pretending, faking, feigning,… …
55imposture — n 1. imposition, exploitation, swindle, swindling, defraudation, bunco, misrepresentation; hoax, trick, artifice, wile, ruse; deception, duplicity, double dealing, sharping, sharking; cheating, trickery, cozenage, chicanery, knavery; confidence… …
56quackery — n charlatanism, charlatanry, sciolism, humbuggery, humbug; imposture, trickery, chicanery, knavery, fraudulence; deception, cozenage, delusion, fraud, sham; swindle, hoax, U.S. Inf. bunko, defraud ment, misrepresentation; sharping, sharking,… …
57shoddy — n 1. imitation, imposter, dummy, pinchbeck, junk, plastic, tinsel, tickytacky, brummagem, bastard, whited or painted sepulcher; sham, deception, hoax, mockery, mock, make believe, Inf. put on, Inf. whitewash job; forgery, counterfeit, spurious… …
58trickery — n deceit, guile, artifice, craft, craftiness, shrewdness, wiliness, slyness, circumvention; artfulness, subtlety, finesse, Inf. razzle dazzle, Sl. jive, Sl. hype; shiftiness, evasiveness, slipperiness; duplicity, double dealing, cozenage, dark… …
59charlatanism — /ˈʃalətənɪzəm/ (say shahluhtuhnizuhm) noun the practices of a charlatan. Also, charlatanry /ˈʃalətənri/ (say shahluhtuhnree) …
60charlatan — n. impostor; quack. ♦ charlatanic, a. ♦ charlatanism, ♦ charlatanry, n …
