Quackery
WordNet
noun
(1) Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
(2) The dishonesty of a charlatan
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
- An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
Quotations
- 1772: Edmund Burke, ed, The Annual Register
- His intentions were admirable, and his quackery had in view the public good; [...]