"quackery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-quackery.wav [US] Forms: quackeries [plural]
Etymology: quack + -ery Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|quack|ery}} quack + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quackery (countable and uncountable, plural quackeries)
  1. (law, medicine, uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Medicine, Alternative medicine, Pseudoscience Translations (practice): շառլատանություն (šaṙlatanutʻyun) (Armenian), шарлатанство (šarlatanstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 庸醫的醫術 (Chinese Mandarin), 庸医的医术 (yōngyī de yīshù) (Chinese Mandarin), šarlatánství [neuter] (Czech), mastičkářství [neuter] (Czech), kvaksalveri [common-gender] (Danish), kwakzalverij [feminine] (Dutch), puoskarointi (Finnish), charlatanisme [masculine] (French), Quacksalberei [feminine] (German), αγυρτεία (agyrteía) [feminine] (Greek), skottulækningar [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), frode medica [feminine] (Italian), ciarlataneria [feminine] (Italian), 偽医療 (niseiryō) (alt: にせいりょう) (Japanese), 엉터리 치료 (eongteori chiryo) (Korean), pharmacopolia [feminine] (Latin), надрилекарство (nadrilekarstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), kvakksalveri [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvakksalveri [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szarlataństwo [neuter] (Polish), znachorstwo [neuter] (Polish), szarlataneria [feminine] (Polish), curandeirismo [masculine] (Portuguese), шарлата́нство (šarlatánstvo) [neuter] (Russian), curandería [feminine] (Spanish), curanderismo [masculine] (Spanish), kvacksalveri [common-gender] (Swedish), cwacyddiaeth [feminine] (Welsh), crachfeddygaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-quackery-en-noun-v~XOdad3 Disambiguation of Alternative medicine: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 89 11 Topics: law, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'practice': 77 23
  2. (countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine. Tags: countable Translations (instance): puoskarointi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-quackery-en-noun-JPIEon88 Disambiguation of 'instance': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quack, fraud, snake oil

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szarlataneria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "curandeirismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šarlatánstvo",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шарлата́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "curandería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "curanderismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvacksalveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cwacyddiaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "practice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crachfeddygaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance",
      "word": "puoskarointi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "quackery"
  ],
  "word": "quackery"
}

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