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CHARLATANRY Synonyms

There are 14 synonyms of the word charlatanry. (exact relations)
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Best Synonyms for CHARLATANRY

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artifice
nounn
noun

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

chicanery
nounn
noun

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

deceit
nounn
noun

• the quality of being fraudulent

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

deception
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

duplicity
nounn
noun

• a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

• acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

fakery
nounn
noun

• the act of faking (or the product of faking)

fraudulence
nounn
noun

• a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

• the quality of being fraudulent

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

imposture
nounn
noun

• pretending to be another person

pretense
nounn
noun

• the act of giving a false appearance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• imaginative intellectual play

• a false or unsupportable quality

• an artful or simulated semblance

quackery
nounn
noun

• medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings

• the dishonesty of a charlatan

sham
nounn
noun

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

adjective satellite

• adopted in order to deceive

verb

• make a pretence of

• make believe with the intent to deceive

trickery
nounn
noun

• verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

hucksterism
nounn
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swindling
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

verb

• deprive of by deceit

Alternatives for ARTIFICE