2006-12-18 10:50:41 · 13 answers · asked by GILLES G 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
He/she speaks with such authority, conviction and appears to be very knowledgeable to the point of convincing the great majority at an assembly of people. It's one word that has escaped me and would appreciate getting it back.
2006-12-18 11:25:52 · update #1
I looked up "thesaurus" "charlatan" and found this entry
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char·la·tan (shär'lə-tən)
n.
A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
[French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.]
charlatanic char'la·tan'ic (-tăn'ĭk) or char'la·tan'i·cal adj.
charlatanism char'la·tan·ism or char'la·tan·ry n.
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noun
One who fakes: fake, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack. See true/false.
2006-12-18 12:27:15 · answer #1 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think of that as an American, he had the main suitable to his own opinion; there became a extensive volume of dissent between the Founding Fathers as to the guiding philosophies that became our shape and our gadget of government. Like as we talk, no person became in finished settlement with anybody else. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr have been thoroughly at odds with one yet another, as have been Adams and Jefferson. I believe Adams on maximum factors and disagree with Jefferson; I believe Burr extra effective than Hamilton - even nonetheless it relatively is the liberty to particular critiques with out worry of persecution it relatively is significant here, no longer the critiques themselves. what style of answer did you anticipate?
2016-10-15 04:58:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arrogance.
2006-12-18 10:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pathological liar?
2006-12-18 10:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's be a little blunter. A bullshitter.
2006-12-18 10:54:28 · answer #5 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bullsh*tter.
But more politely, silver-tongued.
2006-12-18 11:52:29 · answer #6 · answered by lovely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a convincer
2006-12-18 11:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about a pathological liar
2006-12-18 10:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by SAMUEL ELI 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
self inflated, a 'know it all', and actually some call that 'egg head'
2006-12-18 10:57:33 · answer #9 · answered by spitfin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
con man
2006-12-18 11:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Me2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋