Associations to the word «Sciolist»

Noun

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Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SCIOLIST, noun. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne