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sciolism

[ sahy-uh-liz-uhm ]
/ ˈsaɪ əˌlɪz əm /
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noun
superficial knowledge.
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Origin of sciolism

1810–20; <Late Latin sciol(us) one who knows little (diminutive of scius knowing; see conscious, -ole1) + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM sciolism

sci·o·list, nounsci·o·lis·tic, adjective

Words nearby sciolism

scintillometer, scintillon, scintiphotography, scintiscan, scintiscanner, sciolism, sciomachy, sciomancy, scion, sciophyte, sciosophy
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Words related to sciolism

blindness, oblivion, disregard, illiteracy, bewilderment, insensitivity, incapacity, darkness, unconsciousness, rawness, fog, unawareness, simplicity, innocence, vagueness, unfamiliarity, nescience, dumbness, philistinism, uncouthness

How to use sciolism in a sentence

  • There are many positions in life wherein Sciolism seems to be more profitable than knowledge.

    Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman

  • This is scholarship; the secondary information that has been popular is sciolism.

    Education: How Old The New|James J. Walsh

  • Such an age of sciolism and scholasticism may possibly once more get the better of the literary world.

    Phaedrus|Plato

  • Few things are as distressing as the sciolism of a second-rate English editor of a classic.

    An American at Oxford|John Corbin

British Dictionary definitions for sciolism

sciolism
/ (ˈsaɪəˌlɪzəm) /
noun
rare the practice of opinionating on subjects of which one has only superficial knowledge

Derived forms of sciolism

sciolist, nounsciolistic, adjective

Word Origin for sciolism

C19: from Late Latin sciolus someone with a smattering of knowledge, from Latin scīre to know
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