quackery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

quackery
    n 1: medical practice and advice based on observation and
         experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn:
         {quackery}, {empiricism}]
    2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: {charlatanism},
       {quackery}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quackery \Quack"er*y\, n.; pl. {Quackeries}.
   The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false
   pretensions to any art; empiricism. --Carlyle.
   [1913 Webster]

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