Sciolist

Quick meaning: Sciolist is a noun meaning One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.

Meaning

One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: dabbler, dilettante, jack of all trades, know-it-all, fachidiot

But M. [Édouard] Dujardin is a poet; "vers libres" in the hands of a sciolist are the most intolerably easy and annoying of poetical exercises.

Walter is […] a dupe to the half-baked speculations of every sciolist from [René] Descartes down to ‘Coglionissimo Borri’, and a pack of other dunces.

Sir, I can only say I believe that he is a sciolist. Sciolist is an odd word. I am sure you know what it means, Mr. Speaker, but for those who do not, it means a person who believes he knows in fact more than he does.

Word Forms

• sciolists

Synonyms for sciolist

Depending on context, synonyms include dabbler, dilettante, know-it-all, fachidiot.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subexpert, scientaster, sophist, dilettante, philosophizer, scholar.

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