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What is hucksterism?

Updated: 9/15/2023
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Hucksterism is the use of aggressive, showy, devious and/or dishonest methods to influence other people. Examples ... Economic hucksterism promotes investments or the sale of products. Political huckersterism promotes the election of candidates or the acceptance of political ideas and actions. Religious hucksterism promotes the acceptance of faith-based beliefs, and often includes economic hucksterism. A person who tries to take advantage of others using hucksterism is called a huckster. The terms huckster and hucksterism have taken on a more negative connation in modern usage, and now almost always refer to an act that is unscrupulous, unethical or illegal.

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