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charlatanism|ˈʃɑːlətəˌnɪz(ə)m| [f. as prec. + -ism; prob. after F. charlatanisme.] The practice or method of a charlatan; the being a charlatan.
1804Edin. Rev. V. 85 We particularly noticed the charlatanism of their amateurs. 1844Blackw. Mag. LVI. 349 What the charlatanism of necromancy effected a thousand years ago, was now effected by the charlatanism of genius. 1848Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. vi. i. 382 One glance at it ought to prove the complete charlatanism and trickery of the whole system. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 65 Ignorance and charlatanism in work of this kind are always trying to pass off their wares as excellent. |