quackery

[ kwak-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural quack·er·ies.

1. the practice or methods of a quack.
2. an instance of this.

quackery

/ ˈkwækərɪ /

noun

1. the activities or methods of a quack

Word History and Origins

Origin of quackery¹

First recorded in 1700–10; quack ² + -ery

Example Sentences

Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s just mythology. There was a time when that stuff was really popular. It was the major psychiatric quackery of our time.”

From Los Angeles Times

His family has denounced his independent run for the presidency – based on his extreme quackery.

From Salon

We live in a land of abounding quackeries and if we do not learn how to laugh, we succumb to the melancholy disease which afflicts the race of viewers-with-alarm.

From Salon

“You should never equate, morally or practically, true science and pseudoscience or quackery,” says John P. Moore, professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College.

From Los Angeles Times