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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that quackery was specific to medicine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think you're right and that is how the word is most often used, but at least merriam-webster gives a broader definition, as the "practices or pretensions of a quack", which it then says is the same as a charlatan, so I guess it would be acceptable. I'm not a native speaker, however... :)