I mean kind of like a gimmick...like how some people belive that those copper bracelets help your artheritis or something like that and how people in the Middle Ages believed herbs had many properties they don't have (like that herbs could increase your intelligence, etc.).
2006-10-22 08:04:59 · 11 answers · asked by Oink 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
scam?
2006-10-22 08:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by mo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believing something has certain powers but doesn't? How 'bout a compound word: Bush-Administration?
No really. Misnomer? Fallacy? Snake oil?
2006-10-22 08:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by William K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wishful thinking?
2006-10-22 11:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by rjr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cooper bracelets do help your arthritis :)
i think gullible is the word.
2006-10-22 22:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Tami 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amulet, fetish, mojo, talisman? Psychosomatic?
2006-10-22 18:38:46 · answer #5 · answered by Oghma Gem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Word is placebo.
2006-10-22 09:00:07 · answer #6 · answered by sean_c_1999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
supernatural or superstitious
2006-10-22 13:04:37 · answer #7 · answered by Tamiikaaa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stupidity, pure stupidity
2006-10-22 08:15:03 · answer #8 · answered by Plague92 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
superstitious
2006-10-22 08:12:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
quack
2006-10-22 08:15:46 · answer #10 · answered by sss s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋