woo-monger
woo-monger noun: a proponent of pseudoscientific ideas or practices.
Noun
woo-monger (plural woo-mongers)
- A proponent of pseudoscientific ideas or practices.
- 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.2009 March 13, Kevin Charleston, letter to the editor, Mail & Guardian
- Just as Cohen feels there is no natural party for humanists, Wilson feels there isn’t one for supporters of evidence-based policy. "There are good MPs in all parties, and there are woo-mongers in all parties," he says. “We have to look at each case individually. […]2010, Paul Sims, "Cast away", New Humanist, Volume 125, Issue 2, March/April 2010
Forms of woo-monger
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Origin of woo-monger
From woo + monger.
Questions about woo-monger
- What does woo-monger mean?
- Woo-monger means a proponent of pseudoscientific ideas or practices.
- What part of speech is woo-monger?
- Woo-monger is a noun.
- What is the plural of woo-monger?
- The plural of woo-monger is woo-mongers.
Words near woo-monger in the dictionary
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