Woo-monger

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A proponent of pseudoscientific ideas or practices. derogatory, informal

    "Wyley resorts to the usual rhetoric of all woo-mongers: that the belief they propose cannot be measured by the standards they apply to all other practices."

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"Wyley resorts to the usual rhetoric of all woo-mongers: that the belief they propose cannot be measured by the standards they apply to all other practices."

Etymology

From woo + monger.

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