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What does quackery mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
  2. (countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
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Let us not be put off by the use of the word holistic, which we have come frequently to associate with some homeopathic quackery.
These organizations are supposedly immune to quackery, pseudoscience, and plain swindles.
Mesmerism is a bit of medical quackery developed in the 18th century by Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer.
I'm sure you that know the entire profession is based on unscientific quackery.
There you will find extensive accounts of this and other forms of quackery, from Ayurveda and aromatherapy to zen shiatsu to zone therapy.
Substituting logic and reasoning for quackery and fraud appalls me.

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