A charlatan is a word that cannot be called the most pleasant. On the contrary, if a person is defined in this way, he will be offended. Today we will devote time and place to talking about the meaning of the word "quack", we give examples and synonyms. We hope it will be interesting.
Value
Since the word is quite ordinary, we have the right to expect from the explanatory dictionary that it will help us. He offers the following meaning of the word: "Ignorant, posing as a connoisseur, rude deceiver."
Of course, Khlestakov from Gogol’s immortal comedy immediately comes to mind, but the hero of the classic in the full sense cannot be called a charlatan, since he, in fact, only played along with everyone else when he realized that he was mistaken for the wrong person.
In its pure form, charlatans are found in large numbers on the Internet. You probably know all these comrades from annoying advertising: “Give us 1 ruble - earn 1,000,000.” And the slogans appear automatically in my head: “My neighbor, without doing anything, without making any efforts, earned 50,000 thousand rubles yesterday. He could, and therefore you can! ” Everything like that. Of course, the state of exaltation is a constant companion of such statements. Involuntarily you ask yourself a question, but are they, in general, sober?
Charlatans are all those who deceive an ordinary citizen by offering him diamond mountains and rivers of wine for a minimal investment. Of course, this topic could be developed, but we have to move on to synonyms.
Analogs
Replacement words always provide a better understanding of the subject being investigated. Therefore, here we will not depart from tradition. The synonyms of the described noun are as follows:
- scammer;
- rogue;
- rogue;
- adventurer;
- cheater;
- ignoramus;
- liar;
- braggart;
- swindler;
- the fraudster.
These are the various linguistic “masks” of charlatans. It is not difficult to find a synonym for a word if you know its meaning. And the most remarkable replacement is the last. Because it comes from the expression "rub the glasses", that is, to cheat, to tell lies. And even more than anything, it is to our hearts, because this word is forgotten. After all, all that has passed leaves a certain nostalgia, whether we want it or not. And we are still parsing the word "quack", this is our object of study for today. The most interesting is ahead.
Psychics - charlatans or seers?
Surprisingly, technology is becoming more advanced, but at the same time, people continue to believe in the mystical, the unknown. No, that in itself is almost harmless - which of us has not read the scary stories of Howard Lovecraft or Stephen King? But people actually believe clairvoyants and bring them hard-earned money. This is probably why the healers who provide such services are not being translated, moreover, the television show “The Battle of Psychics” is on the air, and this is not the first year. And if the program is not closed, then it has, first of all, commercial sense.
The reader may be surprised to ask: "Are quacks doing extrasensory perception?" That's a moot point! No, we are far from such a statement. We characterize aphoristic: extrasensory perception is not a charlatan area of knowledge, but often it becomes a haven for all kinds of dubious subjects.
Telepathy, telekinesis, psychometry and other abilities are scientifically proven, that is, parapsychology has accumulated certain material, but this is a very rare gift.
The usual average "seer" is a good psychologist with developed intuition. Moreover, one should not forget that the person who comes to the “healer” is already tuned to the “channel of miracles”.
Examples of true thin matter experts
But so that the reader does not think that we see the problem one-sidedly, we can give the name of one medium, who was the most perfect unique. His name is Gerard Croiset (1909-1980). He had a rare gift of psychometry - this is the ability to read information about the past, present and future of the client, touching his things.
Krause was anyone, but the meaning of the word “quack” did not fit him at all. He is one of the most famous clairvoyants in general, of course, in certain circles. By the way, perhaps this particular person served as the prototype for the image of Johnny Smith in the novel “Dead Zone” by S. King.
Maybe the reader will think that the word “real” in the heading needs quotes, this is his right.
We will only say that in the USSR there was at least one person who made his way through the screen of Soviet atheistic science. Lovers understand: we are talking about Ninel Kulagina. She was able to go through scientific experiments and show results that could not have been random.
It is clear that the public, especially the scientific community, is very skeptical of all this, but the facts are stubborn things, although some do not even believe them.
It is important to understand the essence of a quack. This will help to distinguish genuine from false possibilities. Moreover, this provision applies to any field of activity. Of course, one could talk, for example, about homeopathy or financial swindlers. But, it seems, the topic of psychics is more topical, precisely because society has been watching their battle for more than a year. It is an excellent case to explain the term “quack”, its meaning and to bring in contrast something even more impressive. We hope we did not disappoint the reader.