Meaning & use
Sciolist
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A person who has only superficial knowledge of a subject but presents themselves as an expert.
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The panel exposed him as a sciolist with no real grasp of the science he claimed to defend.
Online forums are full of sciolists eager to offer confident but shallow opinions.
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From the Latin 'sciolus,' meaning 'one who knows a little,' this formal word carries a distinctly critical, disapproving tone.
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