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单词 quackery
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quackeryn.1

Brit. /ˈkwak(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkwækəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quack n.2, -ery suffix.
Etymology: < quack n.2 + -ery suffix.
The characteristic practices or methods of a quack, charlatanry; (also) an example of this, a quack practice, remedy, etc.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun] > ignorantly
quacking1648
empirie1651
empiricism1658
quackery1675
routinism1829
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]
falsec1000
fraudc1330
barrat1340
faitery1377
defraudc1450
trumpery1481
covin1487
defraudationc1503
knavery1528
conveyance1531
imposture1537
defrauding1548
cozenage1583
impostry1585
catch-dolt1592
gullery1598
coggery1602
gullage1607
charlatism1611
impostury1615
quacksalvery1617
mountebankery1618
imposition1632
imposturisma1634
blaflum1637
charlatanry1638
defraudment1645
mountebankism1649
impostorya1652
impostorism1652
imposturage1654
impostery1656
mountebank1657
imposing1659
quackery1675
quackism1722
empiricism1774
cross1802
charlatanism1804
practitionery1818
cozenry1829
humbuggery1831
trick1833
thimble-shift1834
thimble-shifting1834
thimbleriggery1841
humbuggism1842
quackhood1843
quacksalverism1864
razzle-dazzle1928
spivery1948
shuck1958
shucking and jiving1969
1675 J. Earle Char. Tavern 4 The Pharmacopeia of a Mountebank, or the Quackeries of Moor fields, befriend not the Grave-makers, so much as these Squires of the Spiggot do.
1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 28 Mar. 1/1 He is a Seaven-Champion in Quackery, that delights in nothing but dangerous adventures.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 320 I know you equally condemn the Quackery..as much as you revere the..Truths in which we both agree.
1798 Trans. Soc. Arts 16 190 All the nostrums offered..are mere quackery.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 6 Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions..they have fearfully abounded.
1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece ix. 273 The old quackery of charms and incantations.
1885 Contemp. Rev. June 908 Theosophy [is]..one of the least interesting of spiritual quackeries.
1933 B. Gadelius Human Mentality xii. 313 Quackery has here found fertile soil for the spreading of the most irresponsible literature.
1962 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 340 156/2 The tremendous progress of the drug industry..has made more difficult the task of the promoter of pharmaceutical quackeries.
1994 Guardian Good Health Guide Fall–Winter 5/1 Some physicians condemn it [sc. homeopathy] as quackery; others..embrace it as the road to wellness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quackeryn.2

Brit. /ˈkwak(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkwækəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quack v.1, -ery suffix.
Etymology: < quack v.1 + -ery suffix.
rare.
The quacking of a number of ducks; an instance of this.
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1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 293 A sort of low, thick, gurling,..nor unmusical quackery.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 966 The quackery of a startled storm of wild ducks.
2006 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 26 Apr. 6 The snow geese are now back, along with swans, meadowlarks, hawks, ducks... The next few weeks will be a joyful quackery in the lakes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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