sciolism
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Origin of sciolism
First recorded in 1750–60; from Late Latin sciol(us) “one who knows little,” (diminutive of scius “knowing”; see conscious, -ole 1) + -ism
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Scīolis′tic, pertaining to, or partaking of, sciolism: pertaining to, or resembling, a sciolist; Scī′olous.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
"Positive philosophy," with complacent sciolism, may still coldly asseverate that the world is a dead congeries of "laws," into whose realm man is cast to take pot-luck in the universe; but we shall know better.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various
This is scholarship; the secondary information that has been popular is sciolism.
From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.
And the husks of culture are pedantry and sciolism.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
This is a point on which the ancients, I am aware, in their light-hearted sciolism laid great stress.
From A Modern Symposium by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
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