kwakdenken
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Karin Spaink in 1992. Blend of kwakzalverij (“quackery”) + denken (“thought, thinking”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kwakdenken n (uncountable)
- (derogatory) type of pseudomedicine that uncritically alleges psychosomatic causes and blames the patient for diseases