[f. as prec. + -ISM; prob. after F. charlatanisme.] The practice or method of a charlatan; the being a charlatan.
1793. Northern Star, 23 Dec., 1/3. We could have brought you three waggon load of Brevets of Charlatanism, formerly called letters of priesthood, but we preferred making an Auto defe of them.
1804. Edin. Rev., V. 85. We particularly noticed the charlatanism of their amateurs.
1844. Blackw. Mag., LVI. 349. What the charlatanism of necromancy effected a thousand years ago, was now effected by the charlatanism of genius.
1848. Ruskin, Mod. Paint., I. II. VI. i. 382. One glance at it ought to prove the complete charlatanism and trickery of the whole system.
1865. M. Arnold, Ess. Crit., ii. 56. Ignorance and charlatanism in work of this kind are always trying to pass off their wares as excellent.
