charlatanry

[ shahr-luh-tn-ree ]

/ ˈʃɑr lə tn ri /

Origin of charlatanry

First recorded in 1630–40; charlatan + -ry

Parliament is an unerring tribunal, and no charlatanry can cheat its searching eye.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 |Various
Charlatanry and dishonesty may succeed with the world, but here they fail.

The Story of an Untold Love |Paul Leicester Ford
This memorable book is a protest against the charlatanry of the pseudo-scientific school of history.

'I Believe' and other essays |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
I need only mention the wonders of patent medicines, magnetic cures, Christian Science, and other charlatanry.

The Wonders of Life |Ernst Haeckel

Exposure of the charlatanry of such methods will not, however, cause an interruption of their sale.

Essays In Pastoral Medicine |Austin Malley