charlatanry

And then, of course, the factor of conscious charlatanry can by no means be excluded.

Caution is the first care of those accustomed to face occasional charlatanry and imposture.

Her very laran would have been regarded as madness or charlatanry.

But the knowledge that I was about to practice charlatanry, or what any one of my fellow-practitioners must have designated as such, was with me.

The judge noted that the case had not given an impression of "charlatanry", but rather of excessively aggressive marketing.

The verdict, of course, was charlatanry.

It taints their excellent musicianship with charlatanry.

If you haven't, it will serve as an introduction to the creepy 19th-century charlatanry of photographing the invisible.

"Science versus Charlatanry"

"The same effect might have quite different causes," he said, "for example, in these cases, having been achieved either by mere charlatanry or by genuine magic."

However, the hypnotic and telepathic healing that it sold was criticized as ineffective voodoo and charlatanry.

More than half self-hypnotized into a belief in his own charlatanry he faced this new demon who threatened to undermine his ancient and lucrative profession.

In a 1925 article published by Rampa, he described "ultramodern art" as a "technical cacophony" and "aesthetic charlatanry".

The society undertakes campaigns to expose the so-called miracles and charlatanry of godmen who claim supernatural powers.

Andreae declined memberships of several scientific societies, as he regarded such honours as "learned charlatanry."

It is an interesting case of instinctive popu-lar recognition of mental patterning before personality analysis emerged from charlatanry.

The article "charlatanry in forensic speech science" was a metastudy of lie detector research and came to the conclusion that lie detectors don't work.

"How does a regulator decide what is good practice and what is charlatanry when none of it has peer-reviewed, scientific evidence that it works?

The devoted to-do over Antheil's hoary charlatanry (though it brought us out in droves to hear it) was depressing to behold.

In many cases this could be pure charlatanry, tying in with a very superstitious culture, but we have seen at least one fortune, detailed and specific, come true.

I paint an ordinary tumble-down farmhouse with the hint of a ghastly face at a window; but this house-this house-needs no such mummery or charlatanry.

"Orientalism," which indicts the entire field of Eastern studies as racist and imperialist, he characterizes in the introduction as "a work of malignant charlatanry."

With Leitner, the poet, "the art of the enjambment achieves a height that fringes on charlatanry" (Nitzberg).

Apollinaire de Kontski was also prone to the same penchant for charlatanry as his brother Anton de Kontski (1817-1899).