charlatanism

Charlatanism is the only 'open sesame' to the world's cave, once you get inside you may be as honest as you please.

I would rather destroy every idea of merit than allow the slightest appearance of mystery or charlatanism to exist.

But charlatanism has never founded anything durable in the domain of religion.

Men of talent had to win their place by craft and charlatanism (sorcery, astrology, therapeutics).

To both of them, art was always a religion; there was no philistinism or charlatanism in the soul or the career of either.