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Quackery

The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.

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Dishonesty 76% connected

Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

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Knavery 76% connected

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

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Empiric 74% connected

One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.

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Empiric 74% connected

One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.

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Empirical 74% connected

Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.

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Empirical 74% connected

Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.

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Charlatanism 92% connected

Charlatanry.

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Empiricism 92% connected

The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

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Bail noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bail bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Charge noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Complaint noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Condemnation noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Crime noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offence noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offense noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Insanity plea noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Judgment of conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Law-breaking noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Partial verdict noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others

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Plea bargain noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea bargaining noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea of insanity noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Principal noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

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Academy noun · 78% connection

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, t…

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Arrogant adjective · 78% connection

Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant prete…

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Arrogate verb · 78% connection

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to…

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Arts and crafts noun · 78% connection

the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass pr…

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Bachelor noun · 78% connection

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acts, arts, boastful, pretensions, quack.
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Bravado noun · 78% connection

Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.

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Cant verb · 78% connection

To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a can…

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Canter noun · 78% connection

One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

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Charlatan noun · 78% connection

One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.

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Charlatanry noun · 78% connection

Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.

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Chorus noun · 78% connection

A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in…

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Course noun · 78% connection

A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a cou…

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Croup noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…

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Cyclopaedia noun · 78% connection

The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowled…

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Cynical adjective · 78% connection

Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which ar…

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