quackery – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
quackery
n.
fraudulence, charlatanism; dishonesty, deceit
Quackery
Quackery is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant
medical practices. A
quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a
charlatan". The term
quack is a
clipped form of the archaic term , from a "hawker of salve". In the
Middle Ages the term
quack meant "shouting". The quacksalvers sold their wares on the market shouting in a loud voice.
quackery
Noun
1. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
(synonym) empiricism
(hypernym) medical practice
(derivation) quack
2. the dishonesty of a charlatan
(synonym) charlatanism
(hypernym) dishonesty, knavery
Quackery
(n.)
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
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 incompetant.
Arthritis, quackery
Like many people with chronic ailments, sufferers from arthritis are potentially vulnerable to proponents of "cure-all" treatments which are promoted as having great benefits, but in reality have no right to such claims.
