charlatanryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

charlatanry (countable and uncountable, plural charlatanries)

1. (uncountable) The state of being a charlatan.
   • 2012, Elson Quick, Baddha:

     I'd always considered astrology bullshit, right up there with the legal, real estate and banking businesses in terms of thieving ass-sucking charlatanry, but it's clear I've been doing it a misservice.

2. (countable) The act of a charlatan.

引用

• 1859, Leroy J Halsey, The Works of Philip Lindsley:

  Well informed men cannot be easily imposed on by any species of charlatanry, fraud, quackery, fanaticism, superstition, hypocrisy

同意語

• charlatanerie
• charlatanism

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