nostrums in English

noun
1
a medicine, especially one that is not considered effective, prepared by an unqualified person.
This will allow the doctor to help the patient think through the pros and cons of such a decision, to avoid notoriously dangerous or ineffective nostrums , and to monitor for side effects.
synonyms:medicinepatent medicinepotionelixirpanaceacure-allwonder drugquack remedymagic bullet
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1. The doctor's nostrums were as likely to hasten death as delay it.

2. He criticized such right-wing nostrums as wage freezes or cuts in public spending.

3. 24 He criticized such right-wing nostrums as wage freezes or cuts in public spending.

4. But he is critical, too, of some liberal notions and nostrums about migration, refugees and asylum seekers.

5. The danger apprehended that quack nostrums in public policy can be forced upon the voters by demagogues is demonstrably nonexistent.

6. Some of these cures were advised by Aurists (specialists of the ear); others were tested home remedies or marketed as proprietary nostrums