Meaning of Quackery | Babel Free
ˈkwæk(ə)riDefinitions
- The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
- An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
Equivalents
Čeština
šarlatánství
Dansk
kvaksalveri
Deutsch
Quacksalberei
Ελληνικά
αγυρτεία
Suomi
puoskarointi
Français
charlatanisme
Հայերեն
շառլատանություն
日本語
偽医療
한국어
엉터리 치료
Nederlands
kwakzalverij
Português
curandeirismo
Русский
шарлатанство
Examples
“When no certain cure exists, quack remedies tend to proliferate and the history of quackery and secret cures is full of extraordinary forms of treatment for the various arthritic disorders.”
“[…] the manifold and serpentine wiles and evasions, shufflings and fencings, deceits and dissimulations, he had practised —the bunkums and the quackeries, […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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