quackery

Plural: quackeries

Noun

• Dishonest practices and claims, especially in medicine; fraudulent conduct.
• medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
• the dishonesty of a charlatan
• 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.

Examples

• His audacious word ’QUIZZIFY’ was no quackery; it was perfectly valid.

Synonyms

charlatanism, empiricism

Related Words

fraud, quack, snake oil