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Definitions for Sciolism
[1] superficial knowledge.
[2] rare the practice of opinionating on subjects of which one has only superficial knowledge
Words related to Sciolism
blindness, oblivion, disregard, illiteracy, bewilderment, insensitivity, incapacity, darkness, unconsciousness, rawness, fog, unawareness, simplicity, innocence, vagueness, unfamiliarity, nescience, dumbness, philistinism, incomprehension
Words nearby Sciolism
scintillometer, scintillon, scintiphotography, scintiscan, scintiscanner, sciolism, sciomachy, sciomancy, scion, sciophyte, sciosophy
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
Word origin for Sciolism
C19: from Late Latin sciolus someone with a smattering of knowledge, from Latin scīre to know
Synonyms for Sciolism
blindness, bewilderment, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard, dumbness, fog, incapacity, incomprehension, innocence, insensitivity, nescience, oblivion, obtuseness, philistinism, rawness, shallowness, simplicity, unawareness, unconsciousness, uncouthness, unenlightenment, unfamiliarity, vagueness, benightedness, empty-headedness, half-knowledge, illiterateness, inscience, lack of education, mental incapacity, naiveté, unscholarliness