charlatanry

English

Etymology

From French charlatanerie. By surface analysis, charlatan +‎ -ry. Doublet of charlatanerie.

Noun

charlatanry (countable and uncountable, plural charlatanries)

1. (uncountable) The state of being a charlatan.
   • 2012, Elson Quick, Baddha:

     I'd always considered astrology bullshit, right up there with the legal, real estate and banking businesses in terms of thieving ass-sucking charlatanry, but it's clear I've been doing it a misservice.

2. (countable) The act of a charlatan.

Quotations

• 1859, Leroy J Halsey, The Works of Philip Lindsley:

  Well informed men cannot be easily imposed on by any species of charlatanry, fraud, quackery, fanaticism, superstition, hypocrisy

Synonyms

• charlatanerie
• charlatanism

Translations

state of being a charlatan

• Armenian: շառլատանություն (hy) (šaṙlatanutʻyun)
• Czech: šarlatánství n
• French: charlatanisme (fr) m
• German: Scharlatanerie (de) f
• Greek: αγυρτεία (el) f (agyrteía)
• Russian: шарлата́нство (ru) n (šarlatánstvo)
• Spanish: charlatanería (es) f
• Turkish: şarlatanlık

act of a charlatan

• Armenian: շառլատանություն (hy) (šaṙlatanutʻyun)
• German: Scharlatanerie (de) f
• Russian: шарлата́нство (ru) n (šarlatánstvo)