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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings;
[syn: quackery, empiricism]

2. the dishonesty of a charlatan;
[syn: charlatanism, quackery]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]