QUACKERY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

quackery

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Recent Examples of quackery The coat’s origin occurred in the 19th century as the scientific method and thinking replaced some of the quackery and mysticism that was often used in the medical practice of the times. — Stephen J. Forman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025 Yet, this theory has continued for years—centuries, in fact—to give rise to a wide range of colonic quackery. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 That is how CrossFit die-hards who dabble in Qanon quackery and blame wildfires on space lasers end up as the face of the House GOP. — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025 But the thought of a person who spreads the kind of dishonesty, quackery and junk science that Kennedy habitually does — especially about our precious kiddos — is nothing short of stomach churning. — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quackery

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Noun

But it’s all being delivered by the same chaotic social media feeds that increasingly blur fact and fakery.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Notably, some mockumentaries blur the lines between reality and fakery.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of fakery

Noun

The investigation also found that men from 29 countries were recruited through deception or coercion to fight for Russian forces, in violation of international law.

— Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
But the movie’s most disturbing sequence takes the deception a lot further.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of deception

Noun

Even the modern reestablishment of Israel is telling of the hypocrisy of the Arab world.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Alexander Skarsgård and Olivia Colman play bizarro newlyweds in a naughty parable about lust, jealousy and moral hypocrisy.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hypocrisy

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The Geneva Bible, which Knox helped to prepare, was in English rather than Lowland Scots, and the resulting imposture fatally separated the nation’s heart from its head.

— David Wheatley, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2026
Body Double Long before the imposture of Anna Delvey, the Tichborne Claimaint swept a nation’s imagination.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024

Definition of imposture

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The practice of yama includes avoiding violence, dishonesty, theft and greed, and cultivating brahmacharya.

— Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Set against the backdrop of political dishonesty and the country’s abandonment of ideals, the book probes questions about how to be an artist in the world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of dishonesty

Noun

The best way Ray can think of to do so is to tail her shady husband, Dom (Bobby Cannavale) — all the way into a sordid (but still vaguely family-friendly) web of deceit, murder, blackmail and gangland drama.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
These rosy reveries gradually darken as Wilde remembers succumbing to hedonism, deceit, debt, and disgrace.

— Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceit

Noun

That these sort of games, with their duplicity, hypocrisies and teary moments of tenderness, are popular is beyond question, and that is certainly how viewers are invited to watch.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
David Sacks, former tech investor and White House AI and crypto czar, has an excellent counterpoint that could explain the apparent duplicity of Dario's manifesto.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of duplicity

Noun

Sondheim’s worst songs are dragged down by uplift, whose insincerity shines right through.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
It was made that much worse when several cast members laughed at her insincerity and Maddi Reese interrupted it several times because there was a stray cat nearby that terrified her.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 May 2026

Definition of insincerity

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