QUACKERY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

quackery

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as in fakery

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Recent Examples of quackery The owner of the offending Bin Ladin-esque wall earned the money to build said wall thanks to an apparently successful series of books combining New Age quackery and extraterrestrial quackery. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for quackery

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Noun

Morad spearheads the kidnapping of Julie, who gives birth in a scene of gonzo fakery, with the militia men acting as obstetricians.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of fakery

Noun

Irey is now facing several charges, including obstruction of justice, theft by deception, forgery and others.

— CBS News, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
Even so, a person calling about an arrest or a custody dispute is just as likely to be anxious, and a voice that sounds human but is not can feel like deception, whatever the law requires.

— Hamid Kohan, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of deception

Noun

Anthropic’s decision to heavily redact the report, citing grounds that revealing more could help its rivals accelerate their own development, has fueled accusations of hypocrisy.

— Robert Hart, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026
Regardless of the validity of the investigation, the mass-resignation exposes the hypocrisy of Georgia police, who have access to perhaps the largest public-private surveillance operation in US history.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of hypocrisy

Noun

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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But the monthslong dispute has devolved into a battle of competing narratives, with residents accusing ComEd of dishonesty and the utility insisting their critics misunderstand the project.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
The practice of yama includes avoiding violence, dishonesty, theft and greed, and cultivating brahmacharya.

— Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of dishonesty

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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