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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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

quackery n 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]