The charlatan is who? Value, examples and interpretation

Charlatan is a word that can not be called the most pleasant. On the contrary, if a person is identified in this way, he will be offended. Today we will devote time and place to talking about the meaning of the word "charlatan", we will give examples and synonyms. We hope it will be interesting.

Value

Since the word is quite ordinary, we have the right to expect from an explanatory dictionary that it will help us. He suggests the following meaning of the word: "The ignorant, who claims to be a connoisseur, is a gross deceiver".

Of course, Khlestakov from the immortal comedy of Gogol immediately comes to mind, but the hero of the classic in the full sense can not be called a charlatan, as he, in fact, only played up to everyone else when he realized that he was being mistreated for that man.

In its pure form, charlatans are found in large numbers on the Internet. You probably know all these comrades from annoying advertising: "Give us 1 ruble - earn 1,000,000." And the slogans appear in the head automatically: "My neighbor, doing nothing without effort, earned 50,000 thousand rubles for yesterday. He could, and so can you! "It's all in that spirit. Certainly the state of exaltation is a constant companion of such statements. Involuntarily wondering, are they, in general, sober?

Charlatans are all those who deceive an ordinary citizen by offering him diamond mountains and rivers of wine for a minimal investment. Of course, we could develop this topic, but we have to move on to synonyms.

Analogues

The replacement words always allow a better understanding of the object under study. Therefore, here we will not deviate from the tradition. Synonyms in the described noun are the following:

• Swindler;
• rogue;
• The cheat;
• adventurer;
• A deceiver;
• Ignorant;
• liar;
• braggart;
• Swindler;
• The spinner.

Such are the various linguistic "masks" of charlatans. Synonym for the word to pick up easily, if you know its meaning. And the most remarkable replacement is the last one. Because it comes from the expression "rub glasses", that is, to cheat, tell a lie. And most of all it is to our heart, because this word is forgotten. After all, everything that has gone away causes a certain nostalgia, whether we like it or not. And we are still analyzing the word "charlatan", this is our object of study for today. The most interesting lies ahead.

Psychics - charlatans or visionaries?

Surprisingly, technology is becoming more advanced, but people still believe in the mystical, the unknown. No, in itself it is almost harmless - who among us has not read the terrible stories of Howard Lovecraft or Stephen King? But people actually believe the clairvoyants and bear their hard earned money. Probably, that's why the healers who render this kind of services are not transferred, moreover, on television there is a show "Battle of psychics", and not for the first year already. And if the program is not closed, then there is, first of all, a commercial sense.

The reader may be surprised to ask: "Are extrasensory people engaged in charlatans alone?" That's a moot point! No, we are far from such a statement. We characterize aphoristically: extrasensory perception is not a charlatan field of knowledge, but often it becomes a haven for various kinds of questionable subjects.

Telepathy, telekinesis, psychometry and other abilities are scientifically confirmed, that is, parapsychology has accumulated certain material, but this is a very rare gift.

The usual average "visionary" is a good psychologist with developed intuition. In addition, we should not forget that a person coming to the "healer" is already tuned to the "channel of miracles".

Examples of real experts in subtle matter

But that the reader does not think that we see the problem one-sidedly, we can bring the name of one medium, which was the absolute unique. His name is Gerard Cruise (1909-1980). He possessed a rare gift of psychometry - the ability to read information about the past, present and future of the client, touching his things.

Krause was anyone, but the meaning of the word "charlatan" to him was completely inappropriate. He is one of the most famous clairvoyants in general, of course, in certain circles. By the way, it is possible that this person served as a prototype for the image of Johnny Smith in S. King's novel "The Dead Zone".

Perhaps the reader will think that the word "real" in the title needs quotes, this is his right.

Let's just say that there were at least one person in the USSR who made their way through the barrier of Soviet atheistic science. Lovers understand: it's about Ninel Kulagina. She was able to pass scientific experiments and show results that could not be accidental.

It is clear that the public, especially the scientific, refers to all this very skeptical, but the facts are a stubborn thing, although some do not even believe them.

It is important to understand the nature of the charlatan. This will help distinguish genuine opportunities from false ones. And this provision concerns any field of activity. Of course, one could talk, for example, about homeopathy or financial scams. But, it seems, the topic of psychics is more topical, precisely because society has been following their battle for several years already. It's a fine case to explain the term "charlatan", its meaning and to counterbalance something even more impressive. We hope that we did not disappoint the reader.