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Quackery - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Quackery : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Quackery : \Quack"er*y\, n.; pl. Quackeries.
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false
pretensions to any art; empiricism. --Carlyle.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quackery : Quackery: Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of disease. We may think that the day of patent medicines is gone but look
around you and you will see them still. They appeal to our desire to believe that every disease is curable or at least treatable. Quackery also applies to persons who pretend to be able to diagnose or
heal people but are unqualified and incompetent.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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