Meaning & use
ultracrepidarianism
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The habit of giving opinions or advice on subjects outside one's knowledge or expertise.
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His ultracrepidarianism was on full display when he lectured doctors about medicine.
Social media has given a platform to widespread ultracrepidarianism.
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From the Latin phrase 'ne sutor ultra crepidam' ('shoemaker, not beyond the shoe'), advice reportedly given by the painter Apelles to a cobbler who criticized more than just the sandals in his painting.
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