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quackery

/kwak-uh-ree/US // ˈkwæk ə ri //UK // (ˈkwækərɪ) //

庸医,骗人的东西,庸人自扰,庸俗的东西

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural quack·er·ies.

    • : the practice or methods of a quack.
    • : an instance of this.

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Examples

  • This sentiment, Garcia shows throughout his book, continues today even if the delivery methods have changed, in the form of “anti-vaccine quackery” that has hit autistic people hard.

  • Like the much more malicious myth that vaccines cause autism, it began with quackery.

  • Near the end of a period in which all sorts of quackery flourished, these assemblages speak not to reemergence but to the enduring appeal of intellectual retreat.

  • The medical establishment has typically responded to such charges of quackery, even from other doctors by touting their specialized training, credentials and skills to deal with disease and illness.

  • Mark Hyman, MD, best-selling author, and current chair of the Institute of Functional Medicine, sees it as anything but quackery.

  • For decades, “leaky gut syndrome” was passed off as quackery.

  • The comic poets ridiculed pretension, arrogance, quackery, and lies.

  • It is written in popular style for the masses and is a sharp and effective weapon for the campaign against quackery.

  • You forget also, that in France the age of quackery is over.

  • With such notions abroad, quackery must have been rife, and serious medical practitioners had many difficulties to contend with.

  • Honesty itself was never more free from quackery or deception than was this embodied and walking Vice.