sciolism
(ˈsaɪəlɪz(ə)m)
[f. next: see -ism.]
The character or qualities of a sciolist; pretentious superficiality of knowledge.
| 1816 Coleridge Statesm. Man. App. 31 That epidemic of a proud ignorance occasioned by a diffused sciolism. 1855 Kingsley Glaucus 44 The tendency to shallow and conceited sciolism, engendered by hearing popular lectures on all manner of subjects. 1876 Farrar Marlb. Serm. xvi. 148 The empty sciolism of much that calls itself criticism. |