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quackery - 4 thesaurus results
Main Entry: quackery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: charlatanism
Synonyms: deceitfulness, deception, dishonesty, imposture, misrepresentation, pretense, trickery
Main Entry: hypocrisy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deceitfulness, pretense
Synonyms: affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing, duplicity, falsity, fraud, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, quackery, bad faith, dissembling, dissimulation, false profession, glibness, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness
Antonyms: honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth, forthrightness
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: imposture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fraud, trick
Synonyms: artifice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, fiddle, flimflam*, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus-pocus*, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make-believe, maneuver, masquerade, phony, ploy, pretense, pretension, quackery, ruse, sell*, sham, sleight, spoof, stratagem, swindle, wile, put-on
Antonyms: honesty, reality, truth
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: trickery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deception, joke
Synonyms: cheat, cheating, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double-cross*, double-dealing*, flimflam*, fraud, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense, quackery, scam, shell game*, shenanigans*, snow job*, sting*, stunt, bait and switch, chicane, dupery, fast shuffle, fourberie, funny business, razzle-dazzle, sharp practice, swindling, underhandedness
* = informal/non-formal usage
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