quackery

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Recent Examples of quackery Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery. F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024 Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 Health The science of placebos is fueling quackery The placebo effect is real. Big Think, 24 June 2024 Part of it is that the history of this field, both scientifically and technologically, has really been plagued by the shadow of quackery. IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for quackery
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Noun
  • Trickery, obfuscation, and deception are common in local politics.
    Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Tyler Perry’s latest thriller, Duplicity, hits theaters today, March 20, delivering a suspenseful story of deception, justice, and betrayal.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Later on, Sprawl breezes through one of the play’s best speeches, Emilia’s sharp, brief gut-punch on the hypocrisy of men.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
  • In a statement carried by state media Monday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry accused the G7 of hypocrisy.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The entire texture of that life, its willed imposture.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The widened circle of winking insiders was no longer so exotic and alluring, the imposture of Bourbaki’s mathematics no longer so exciting.
    Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • Next to them the cynicism and dishonesty of Alan Simpson will be placed in sharp contrast.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But all 12 are saturated with deceit, consternation and heartbreak.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
  • His real estate business, with finances overseen by a subservient non-CPA, committed so much deceit that the Trump Organization ended up convicted of tax crimes and its former chief financial officer went to jail—twice.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While scrutiny of public finance decisions is always welcome, outright duplicity regarding the city’s fiscal plan is a disservice to the residents and businesses that depend on critical infrastructure funded by municipal bonds.
    Pat Dowell, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
  • In her four years on Bravo, the baby girl of Summer House has experienced duplicity, vitriol, and audacity (sometimes all at once from Lindsay Hubbard), but that couldn’t have prepared her for the Peacock competition series.
    Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025

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“Quackery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quackery. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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