sciolism

[ sahy-uh-liz-uh m ]
/ ˈsaɪ əˌlɪz əm /
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noun

superficial knowledge.

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, noun sci·o·lis·tic, adjective

Words nearby sciolism

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

Words related to sciolism

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

Example sentences from the Web for sciolism

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

    An American at Oxford |John Corbin

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

    Phaedrus |Plato

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

    Education: How Old The New |James J. Walsh

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, noun sciolistic, adjective

Word Origin for sciolism

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