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  • Quackery — Quack redirects here. For other uses, see Quack (disambiguation). WPA poster, 1936 38 Quackery is a derogatory term used to describe the promotion[1] of unproven or fraudulent medica …   Wikipedia

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  • magic — /maj ik/, n. 1. the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic. 2. the art of producing a desired effect or result through the …   Universalium

  • Magic (paranormal) — For related ideas, see Magic (disambiguation). Magia redirects here. For other uses, see Magia (disambiguation). Magical redirects here. For the song, see Magical (song). Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses by John William Waterhouse Magic …   Wikipedia

  • quack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. charlatan, quacksalver, mountebank. See deception, falsehood, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unprincipled, pretentious, dissembling; see dishonest 1 , 2 , false 1 . n. Syn. charlatan,… …   English dictionary for students

  • quack — noun a quack selling fake medicines Syn: swindler, charlatan, mountebank, trickster, fraud, fraudster, impostor, hoaxer; informal con man, snake oil salesman, shark, grifter •• quack, charlatan, dissembler, fake, impostor, mountebank There are… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Religious debates over the Harry Potter series — A page from The Nervous Witch , a tract written by fundamentalist Jack Chick, depicting the purportedly occult dangers of the Harry Potter series. Religious debates over the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling stem largely from… …   Wikipedia

  • quack — quack1 [kwak] vi. [echoic] to utter the characteristic sound or cry of a duck, or a sound like it n. the sound made by a duck, or any sound like it quack2 [kwak] n. [short for QUACKSALVER] 1. an untrained person who practices medicine… …   English World dictionary

  • James Randi — Infobox Celebrity name = James Randi size = caption = birth name = Randall James Hamilton Zwinge birth date = birth date and age|1928|8|7 birth place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada death date = death place = occupation = Magician, skeptic, writer… …   Wikipedia

  • phony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, spurious, fraudulent, sham, mock, put on (sl.), trumped up, fake, forged; gimcrack, pasteboard; deceitful, false hearted, lying; glib, canting, superficial. n., informal, counterfeit,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Spiritism — is a Christian [ [http://www.ecrealty.net/kar/tview02.htm Spiritist Center of Orlando] ] philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century.Spiritism, or French spiritualism, is based on books written by French educator… …   Wikipedia

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