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1. A medicine, especially one that is not considered effective, prepared by an unqualified person.
2. A pet scheme or favorite remedy, especially one for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement.
1. The peddler at the county fair was selling a nostrum that he claimed would cure all ailments, though it looked suspiciously like colored water.
2. In an effort to defeat Thanos, Tony Stark concocted his own nostrum, resulting in the creation of a new weapon.
3. Bruce Wayne dismissed the idea of vigilantism as a nostrum for Gotham's crime, knowing it was the justice system that needed reform.
4. Doraemon often pulls out a futuristic nostrum from his magic pocket to help Nobita with his problems.