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One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: dabbler, dilettante, jack of all trades, know-it-all, fachidiot
- Alfred Marshall (1885) The Present Position of Economics: Among the bad results of the narrowness of the work of English economists early in the century perhaps the most unfortunate was the opportunity which it gave to sciolists to quote and misapply economic dogmas.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dabbler, dilettante, jack of all trades, know-it-all, fachidiot
Antonyms: none provided
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dabbler, dilettante
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: amateur
From Late Latin sciolus + -ist. First attested at the beginning of the 17th century.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
polovzdělanec
— self-proclaimed expert with little understanding
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Czech:
nedouk
— self-proclaimed expert with little understanding
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Ukrainian:
псевдовче́ний
(psevdovčényj)
— self-proclaimed expert with little understanding
