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quackery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | charlatanism |
| Type of | dishonesty, knavery |
quackery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | empiricism |
| Type of | medical practice |
| Derivation | quack |
Examples of quackery
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That's the counterintuitive finding of a mathematical model of medical quackery.
From the newscientist.com
In fact, I am able to accuse feng shui's practitioners of contemptible quackery.
From the time.com
Salzberg it is you that is into quackery if you don't support research like this.
From the forbes.com
Kirlian photography is nothing more than quackery that claims to visualize auras.
From the scienceblogs.com
We try to counter the infiltration of pseudoscience and quackery into medicine.
From the scienceblogs.com
For this, battlefield acupuncture gets my award for the worst quackery of 2011.
From the forbes.com
After all, it doesn't limit itself to just one quackery, the way Homeopathy does.
From the scienceblogs.com
Rivera does to autistic children is pure quackery and quite likely child abuse.
From the scienceblogs.com
If you integrate quackery with real medicine, you do not produce better medicine.
From the scienceblogs.com
- Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- Charlatanism: the dishonesty of a charlatan
- Quackery is a derogatory term used to describe the promotion of unproven or fraudulent medical practices. ...
- Is the promotion of an unproven product or service. The operant word is promotion rather than intent. (Quacks quack!)
- "Promoting health products, services, or practices of questionable safety, effectiveness, or validity for an intended purpose." [NCAHF, 1986]
- A slang term used to describe medical treatments that are falsely described to be effective.
- Integrating metaphysics with sympathetic magic or spiritualism with healing. The term is generally used to describe frauds that dispense useless or harmful treatments to vulnerable people on their deathbeds.
- The practice of medicine by a quack
