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Quackery meaning

  1. The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
  2. An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Synonyms of Quackery

empiricism medical practice charlatanism dishonesty knavery

Related words

Other words often associated with Quackery or its synonyms:

wrongdoing misconduct practice investigation sensationalism honesty investigating unrighteousness

Using Quackery

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: empiricism, medical practice, charlatanism, dishonesty.
  • In the example corpus, quackery often appears in combinations such as: for quackery, as quackery, quackery and.

Context around Quackery

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

anti 1× legalise 1× general 1× encouraging 1×

Often after:

act 1× fakery 1× dubious 1× 160 1×

Sentence patterns with Quackery

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

derided as quackery 1× dismissed as quackery 160 years 1× marginalized as quackery and fraud 1× not encouraging quackery but rather 1× only legalise quackery by empowering 1× other general quackery 1× substituted for quackery dubious and 1× takedowns of quackery fakery and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although there is 1× and he includes 1× he declared that 1× irregular practice became 1× it seemed like 1× national president elect 1×

Common sentence endings:

160 years ago 1× derided as quackery 1× dubious and implausible 1× fakery and ego 1× lives of people 1× of its treatments 1×

Words around Quackery

Just before it in the word index:

quackers 3 quackerjack 3 quackenbush 7 quacked 2 quack 28 quachtli 3

Just after it in the word index:

quacking 4 quackly 6 quacks 18 quacquarelli 2 quad 619 quadcast 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Quackery

  • In this selection, "quackery" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, anti, legalise, general, act, fakery and dubious stand out and add context to how "quackery" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include derided as quackery and dismissed as quackery 160 years. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "quackery" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with quackery

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And he includes numerous takedowns of quackery, fakery and ego. (10 words)

Smithers then tells Mr. Burns that phrenology was dismissed as "quackery" 160 years ago. (14 words)

You know what the single biggest counter is for sham-medicine and other general quackery? (15 words)

Longer example sentences

National President Elect, IMA, Dr. Rajan Sharma, said addition of Section 32 in the bill will only legalise quackery by empowering the community health providers to practice medicine, thereby endangering the lives of people. (34 words)

He declared that the government would press for maximum punishment for the offender as a deterrent to those who did not have value for life, noting that the state had zero tolerance for quackery. (34 words)

Although there is some limited evidence of positive benefits from the consumption of grapes for health purposes, extreme claims, such as its ability to cure cancer, have been widely derided as “ quackery ”. (32 words)

Question examples

You know what the single biggest counter is for sham-medicine and other general quackery? (15 words)

Example sentences (11)

It seemed like another win for quackery and easily refuted pseudoscience, all of which certainly doesn't need any more unchallenged positive publicity in 2020.

The proposed bill for the "Anti Quackery Act of Nigeria 2017" is a piece of document with the sole aim.

And he includes numerous takedowns of quackery, fakery and ego.

National President Elect, IMA, Dr. Rajan Sharma, said addition of Section 32 in the bill will only legalise quackery by empowering the community health providers to practice medicine, thereby endangering the lives of people.

You know what the single biggest counter is for sham-medicine and other general quackery?

He declared that the government would press for maximum punishment for the offender as a deterrent to those who did not have value for life, noting that the state had zero tolerance for quackery.

The Oscar-winning actress has long claimed that she is not encouraging “quackery”, but rather engaging in a discussion about alternatives to mainstream treatments and therapies.

Although there is some limited evidence of positive benefits from the consumption of grapes for health purposes, extreme claims, such as its ability to cure cancer, have been widely derided as “ quackery ”.

Irregular practice became increasingly marginalized as quackery and fraud, as western medicine increasingly incorporated scientific methods and discoveries, and had a corresponding increase in success of its treatments.

Sampson has also written that CAM is the "propagation of the absurd", and argues that alternative and complementary have been substituted for quackery, dubious, and implausible.

Smithers then tells Mr. Burns that phrenology was dismissed as "quackery" 160 years ago.

Common combinations with quackery

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "quackery" in a sentence?
An example: "It seemed like another win for quackery and easily refuted pseudoscience, all of which certainly doesn't need any more unchallenged positive publicity in 2020." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "quackery" from authentic English texts.
What does "quackery" mean?
Quackery means: The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
What are synonyms of "quackery"?
Common synonyms of "quackery" include: empiricism, medical practice, charlatanism, dishonesty, knavery.
How many example sentences with "quackery" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "quackery", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.