kwakdenken
Dutch
Etymology
Coined by Karin Spaink in 1992. Blend of kwakzalverij (“quackery”) + denken (“thought, thinking”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʋɑkˌdɛŋ.kə(n)/
- Hyphenation: kwak‧den‧ken
Noun
kwakdenken n (uncountable)
- (derogatory) type of pseudomedicine that uncritically alleges psychosomatic causes and blames the patient for diseases