sciolism
noun
superficial knowledge.
sciolist
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a word derived from
sciolism.
Example Sentences
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The blundering sciolist who looks over mankind's shoulder in the game of life and seeks to direct the play of each card at last has been caught and held by the theatre's three walls.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is almost equal to the New York Church Journal, speaking of John Stuart Mill as "that small sciolist," and of the preface to Dr. Draper's great work as "chippering."
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White
But by dint of noisy assertion, and perpetual repetition, Freeman did at last infect academic coteries with the idea that Froude was a superficial sciolist.
From The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul
Cortius includes these words in brackets, regarding them as the insertion of some sciolist.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
And this Halleck, this Halleck is a mere mockery, a mere sciolist, a shallow pretender to military science.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
