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Webster 1913 Edition

Charlatanry

Char′la-tan-ry

,
Noun.
[F.
charlatanrie
, from It.
ciarlataneria
. See
Charlatan
.]
Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
☞ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Charlatanry

CHARLATANRY

,
Noun.
Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; deception by fair words.

Definition 2024

charlatanry

charlatanry

English

Noun

charlatanry ‎(countable and uncountable, plural charlatanries)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being a charlatan
  2. (countable) The act of a charlatan

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  • 1859 Leroy J Halsey - The Works of Philip Lindsley
    Well informed men cannot be easily imposed on by any species of charlatanry, fraud, quackery, fanaticism, superstition, hypocrisy

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