Gillian McKeith may be a complete fraud, but this kind of charlatanry is everywhere, especially over here in Californialand. From Wordnik.com. [Gillian McKeith: Charlatan - :: gia’s blog ::] Reference
"charlatanry" doesn't really belong in a scientific paper. From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot: Your Rights Online] Reference
"charlatanry" an Asian man accusing him of using supernatural powers to solve marital disputes and induce others to fall in love. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
In no field of art is there so much affectation, assumption and charlatanry as in music. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
This well-worn bogus argument from authority further demonstrates your intellectual charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [On the beach with Stephen Jay - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Such total intellectual dishonesty is either a sign of mental incompetence or blatant charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [Academia, Harvard Law School, and freedom of speech] Reference
Criticism which is designed merely to advertise the critic serves no good purpose, and savors of charlatanry or something worse. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886] Reference
I would not for a moment lend the atmosphere of charlatanry, or of the ultra-psychic, to the wholesome and vivid art of story-telling. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
And afterwards, when I realized it couldn't possibly be true -- when I realized it was all charlatanry and faking -- I hated them for that!. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
I am aware of countless cases in which the perception of miracles has been explained to result from various cognitive biases or charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [Church-going] Reference
And even now we are obliged to veil it under the garb of charlatanry-to call it a “milk-cure” in Switzerland, a “water-cure” in Silesia, a. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
They are of a particularly expert brand, but the resort to obscurantism and dismissive insult is classic; indicating a highly skilled charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [Reply to von Storch and Zorita « Climate Audit] Reference
In our era this science crumbled into magic and charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [Fantasia of the Unconscious] Reference
There was, however, nothing of charlatanry in her present state. From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Shepherdess] Reference
The soothsayer's prediction had not been mere charlatanry to him. From Wordnik.com. [There was a King in Egypt] Reference
The wages of economic charlatanry proved to be rather high and not merely economic. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Dailies] Reference
He quickly made the discovery that the whole affair was charlatanry and sleight-of-hand. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research] Reference
To presume to do that would be a piece of charlatanry, social quackery of the worst type. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles] Reference
Now America may be fated to experience the rule of charlatanry on a scale not previously seen. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Such an association became mere charlatanry, when knowledge once passed into the positive stage. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre] Reference
The whole device is a piece of spiritual charlatanry -- fit only for a fraudulent jail-delivery. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II.] Reference
Half genius, half charlatan, his genius decayed, and his charlatanry grew to enormous proportions. From Wordnik.com. [A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.] Reference
Who would have expected the activists 'charlatanry to be unmasked so suddenly and so sensationally?. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The whole device is a piece of spiritual charlatanry — fit only for a fraudulent jail — delivery. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Sermons Third Series] Reference
"Silly charlatanry!" he muttered, irritated by his own susceptibility to its sinister suggestion. From Wordnik.com. [The Bronze Bell] Reference
This latter principle led to the practice of magic and sorcery and eventually to a good deal of charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
An atmosphere of dependence and charlatanry gathers about the artistic attitude and spreads with its influence. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Reason] Reference
In the world of science we have a thousand similar examples of new genius being hailed by the critics as folly and charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Letters] Reference
No wonder then, that we reserve the term magic for something far removed from science, and more often associated with charlatanry. From Wordnik.com. [On Line Opinion - Latest Articles] Reference
Scorning pretense and charlatanry of all kinds, believing that only the best were to be encouraged, he was far from being a man of the people. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Astronomer] Reference
Scientific charlatanry is one of their main interests, and the Wild West nature of China's booming economy has given them no shortage of material. From Wordnik.com. ["MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader] Reference
Here genius, or a measure of talent nearly amounting to genius, has languished neglected and suffering -- here charlatanry has prospered triumphantly. From Wordnik.com. [Art in England Notes and Studies] Reference
Marcus was indeed a charlatan; but religious charlatanry afterwards became very earnest, and was certainly taken earnestly by many adherents of Marcus. From Wordnik.com. [History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)] Reference
Disturbed mentality, auto-suggestion, and deliberate charlatanry will be found at the base of most alleged spiritualistic and telepathic manifestations. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
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