quackery en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkwækɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˈkwækəɹi/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English quackery From quack + -ery.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
When no certain cure exists, quack remedies tend to proliferate and the history of quackery and secret cures is full of extraordinary forms of treatment for the various arthritic disorders.
1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:
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(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
[…] the manifold and serpentine wiles and evasions, shufflings and fencings, deceits and dissimulations, he had practised —the bunkums and the quackeries, […]
1925, Eden Phillpotts, Circé's Island: And The Girl & the Faun, page 122:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quackeries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
functional medicine · alternative medicine · complementary medicine · integrative medicine · folk medicine · traditional medicine
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Translations (32)
ru шарлата́нство (practice) · el αγυρτεία (practice) · pl szarlataneria (instance) · pl szarlataneria (practice) · nl kwakzalverij (practice) · pt curandeirismo (practice) · es curandería (practice) · da kvaksalveri (practice) · nb kvakksalveri (practice) · it ciarlataneria (practice) · fi puoskarointi (instance) · bg шарлатанство (practice) · fi puoskarointi (practice) · es curanderismo (practice) · cmn 庸醫的醫術 /庸医的医术 (practice) · pl szarlataństwo (practice) · is skottulækningar (practice) · ja 偽医療 (practice) · cy cwacyddiaeth (practice) · la pharmacopolia (practice) · cs šarlatánství (practice) · mk надрилекарство (practice) · sv kvacksalveri (practice) · nn kvakksalveri (practice) · pl znachorstwo (practice) · ko 엉터리 치료 (practice) · it frode medica (practice) · cs mastičkářství (practice) · de Quacksalberei (practice) · cy crachfeddygaeth (practice) · hy շառլատանություն (practice) · fr charlatanisme (practice)