Quackery

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quackery \Quack"er*y\, n.; pl. {Quackeries}.
     The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false
     pretensions to any art; empiricism. --Carlyle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  quackery
       n 1: medical practice and advice based on observation and
            experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn: {empiricism}]
       2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: {charlatanism}]