Usually means: Deception under guise of knowledge.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word charlatanry:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. charlatanry: Merriam-Webster
  2. charlatanry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. charlatanry: Collins English Dictionary
  4. charlatanry: Wordnik
  5. charlatanry: Wiktionary
  6. charlatanry: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Charlatanry, charlatanry: Dictionary.com
  8. Charlatanry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. charlatanry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Charlatanry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. charlatanry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. charlatanry: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Charlatanry: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. charlatanry: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. charlatanry: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. charlatanry: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (charlatanry)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) The state of being a charlatan.
▸ noun:  (countable) The act of a charlatan.

Similar:
charlatanship, charismatism, scoundrelhood, scoundrelship, unscrupulousness, magicianry, fraudulence, scamminess, rascality, clownishness, more...

Opposite:
authenticity, honesty, integrity

Types:
bunk, snake oil, quackery, flim-flam, more...

Adjectives:
mere, such, political, religious, pure, sterile, intellectual, much, own, medical, pretentious

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Similar:
charlatanship, charismatism, scoundrelhood, scoundrelship, unscrupulousness, magicianry, fraudulence, scamminess, rascality, clownishness, more...

Opposite:
authenticity, honesty, integrity

Types:
bunk, snake oil, quackery, flim-flam, more...

Adjectives:
mere, such, political, religious, pure, sterile, intellectual, much, own, medical, pretentious



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