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sci⋅o⋅lism

  [sahy-uh-liz-uhm]
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–noun
superficial knowledge.
Origin:
1810–20; < LL sciol(us) one who knows little (dim. of scius knowing; see conscious, -ole 1 ) + -ism

Related forms:
sci⋅o⋅list, noun
sci⋅o⋅lis⋅tic, adjective
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sci·o·lism   (sī'ə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  A pretentious attitude of scholarship; superficial knowledgeability.

[From Late Latin sciolus, smatterer, diminutive of Latin scius, knowing, from scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
sci'o·list n., sci'o·lis'tic adj.
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