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Definition of Charlatanry
1. n. Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
Definition of Charlatanry
1. Noun. The state of being a charlatan ¹
2. Noun. The act of a charlatan ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Charlatanry
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charlatanry
Literary usage of Charlatanry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"[August, RELIGIOUS charlatanry. NUMBER TWO. IT cannot be denied, that the
congregational independency of New- England, established by her puritan ancestry, ..."
2. The Methodist Review (1873)
"... the second part is inferential and possibly true solution; the third part is
failure and charlatanry, with unscientific and bitter denunciation upon all ..."
3. Salad for the Social by Frederick Saunders (1856)
"His works, full of puerilities, of lies, of contradictions, of absurd tales, arid
charlatanry of every description, nevertheless offer proofs of a bold, ..."
4. Tricolored Sketches in Paris: During the Years 1851-2-3 by Frank Boott Goodrich (1855)
"STATESMANSHIP FOR FUN—MORE charlatanry—YANKE DOOLE. August 18th, 1851. I SHOULD
positively have had nothing of interest to communicate to you this week, ..."
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