Word of the Day 05/11/20 Sciolism
Sciolism (noun)
sciolism [ sahy-uh-liz-uh m ]
noun
1. superficial knowledge.
OTHER WORDS FROM SCIOLISM
sci·o·list, noun
sci·o·lis·tic, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO SCIOLISM
blindness, oblivion, disregard, illiteracy, bewilderment, insensitivity, incapacity, darkness, unconsciousness, rawness, fog, unawareness, simplicity, innocence, vagueness, unfamiliarity, nescience, dumbness, philistinism, incomprehension
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Origin: 1810–20; < Late Latin sciol(us) one who knows little (diminutive of scius knowing; see conscious, -ole) + -ism
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
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
sciolism [ sahy-uh-liz-uh m ]
noun
1. superficial knowledge.
OTHER WORDS FROM SCIOLISM
sci·o·list, noun
sci·o·lis·tic, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO SCIOLISM
blindness, oblivion, disregard, illiteracy, bewilderment, insensitivity, incapacity, darkness, unconsciousness, rawness, fog, unawareness, simplicity, innocence, vagueness, unfamiliarity, nescience, dumbness, philistinism, incomprehension
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1810–20; < Late Latin sciol(us) one who knows little (diminutive of scius knowing; see conscious, -ole) + -ism
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
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.