sciolism
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sciolism
- /ˈsaɪ.ə.lɪ.z(ə)m/ UK
- /ˈsaɪ.əˌlɪ.z(ə)m/ US
Where it comes from
From Late Latin sciolus (“sciolist”) + English -ism (suffix forming the names of tendencies of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to classes or groups of persons), based on sciolist. Sciolus is a diminutive of Latin scius (“cognizant, knowing”) + -olus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutives)); while scius is either from sciō (“to be able to; to have practical knowledge, know (how to do something); to understand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”)), or is a back-formation from nescius (“ignorant, unaware; unknowing”) (from nesciō (“to be ignorant, not know, not understand; to be unable”), from ne- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + sciō).
noun sciolisms
- The practice of expressing opinions on something which one knows only superficially or has little real understanding of; also, shallow or superficial knowledge; (countable) an instance of this. Indeed, I ſometimes incline to hope that infidelity is arrived at its higheſt pitch, and that ſcioliſm may advance into found knowledge and ſaving faith […].
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noun practice of expressing opinions on something which one knows only superficially or has little real understanding of; shallow or superficial knowledge; an instan
| Ελληνικά | ημιμάθεια imimátheia |
|---|---|
| Русский | верхоглядство verxogljadstvo |
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title = {sciolism},
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