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Recent Examples of quackery
Yet medical quackery continues to exist in various forms, and the spread of misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic is among the most timely and notable examples.
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Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Health The science of placebos is fueling quackery The placebo effect is real.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
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Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Health The science of placebos is fueling quackery The placebo effect is real.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quackery
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Fakery that is part of the story, and fakery added on by real life.—
Anne Carson,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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The fakery made the effects of the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 significantly worse in Greece.—
Luciana Lopez,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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Interestingly, men, not women, were more open to benevolent deception.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The movie, with Baranov as its scoundrel tour guide, works its way through some of 21st century Russia’s greatest hits of deception.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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Many are noting Thug’s hypocrisy in his public frustration with Gunna.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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But it has been criticized by New Delhi which has accused Washington of hypocrisy given that China, the largest purchaser of Moscow's energy resources, did not face similar measures.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Johnson’s dishonesty doesn’t even take into consideration the carnage from the homicides of yesteryear in the Windy City.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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This type of unvarnished discourse is refreshing in a game filled with dishonesty, spin, and secretive media briefings.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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His lurid saga — set in the tropics, the plot revolving around deceit and a dead body — would be just the sort of onscreen story PMI specialized in financing.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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And in a world where time is money, conditions are ripe for a perfect storm of greed, deceit, and willful gullibility—all in the hope of getting ahead faster than the rest.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The exceptions are Art Malik, who makes Claudius’ duplicity believable, and Sheeba Chadha, who is wrenching when Gertrude becomes remorseful.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Such duplicity has been a constant feature of the second Trump administration, characterized by the abusive treatment of undocumented immigrants and the militarization of municipal law enforcement in our nation’s major cities.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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In an era of skepticism, audiences quickly detect insincerity.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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And as the secretive Jack, Travis Van Winkle oozes oily, sexist insincerity.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Quackery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quackery. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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