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Definition of Sciolism
1. Noun. Pretentious superficiality of knowledge.
Definition of Sciolism
1. n. The knowledge of a sciolist; superficial knowledge.
Definition of Sciolism
1. Noun. The quality of showing opinions on at least one subject of which the perpetrator has little or no knowledge, the practice of this, an instance of the practice of this. ¹
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Definition of Sciolism
1. superficial knowledge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciolism
Literary usage of Sciolism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... and that the thinking of the few, and not the sciolism of the many, really
determines a science. Does he suppose that Christianity has been established, ..."
2. Buckle and His Critics: A Study in Sociology by John Mackinnon Robertson (1895)
"... on the behalf of Christian Truth against philosophic sciolism."1 The closing
words refer to the moral and historical doctrines of Positivism in general, ..."
3. Buckle and His Critics: A Study in Sociology by John Mackinnon Robertson (1895)
"... signally admirable than when employed, as we have so often rejoiced to see
them employed, on the behalf of Christian Truth against philosophic sciolism. ..."
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