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nostrum

/ˈnɒstrəm

noun

1A medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective: a charlatan who sells nostrums...

This will allow the doctor to help the patient think through the pros and cons of such a decision, to avoid notoriously dangerous or ineffective nostrums, and to monitor for side effects.
It wasn't just that he doubted whether such nostrums would deliver the promised effects although he did doubt this very much.
When his own nostrums failed to effect a cure, William Griggs, a doctor called to examine the girls, suggested that the girls' problems might have a supernatural origin.

Synonyms

patent medicine, quack remedy, potion, elixir, panacea, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, wonder drug, magic bullet

rare catholicon, diacatholicon, panpharmacon

1.1A scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement: right-wing nostrums such as a wage freeze and cutting public spending...

Rather than rise to the challenge, the trend in intellectual circles has been to adapt to the prevailing rightward shift that has seen the repudiation of all the old nostrums of social reform.
Labor's campaign in Aston was a measure of the party's abandonment of its old nostrums of social reform.
The problem with sorting out proposed educational reforms is that the nostrums, strictures, and recommendations too often reflect personal dispositions more than disinterested analysis.

Synonyms

remedy, cure, prescription, answer, magic formula, recipe, recipe for success

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin, used in the sense '(something) of our own making', neuter of noster 'our'.

单词	nostrum
释义	nostrum /ˈnɒstrəm / noun 1A medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective: a charlatan who sells nostrums... This will allow the doctor to help the patient think through the pros and cons of such a decision, to avoid notoriously dangerous or ineffective nostrums, and to monitor for side effects. It wasn't just that he doubted whether such nostrums would deliver the promised effects although he did doubt this very much. When his own nostrums failed to effect a cure, William Griggs, a doctor called to examine the girls, suggested that the girls' problems might have a supernatural origin. Synonyms patent medicine, quack remedy, potion, elixir, panacea, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, wonder drug, magic bullet rare catholicon, diacatholicon, panpharmacon 1.1A scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement: right-wing nostrums such as a wage freeze and cutting public spending... Rather than rise to the challenge, the trend in intellectual circles has been to adapt to the prevailing rightward shift that has seen the repudiation of all the old nostrums of social reform. Labor's campaign in Aston was a measure of the party's abandonment of its old nostrums of social reform. The problem with sorting out proposed educational reforms is that the nostrums, strictures, and recommendations too often reflect personal dispositions more than disinterested analysis. Synonyms remedy, cure, prescription, answer, magic formula, recipe, recipe for success Origin Early 17th century: from Latin, used in the sense '(something) of our own making', neuter of noster 'our'. Rhymes rostrum
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