sciolism
31smattering — n. Smatter, sciolism, slight knowledge, superficial knowledge, imperfect knowledge …
32knowledge — n 1. erudition, scholarship, education, schooling, instruction, tuition, learning, letters, book learning; sciolism, smattering. 2. acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, intimacy; intelligence, sense, understanding, Sl. savvy, appreciation,… …
33quackery — n charlatanism, charlatanry, sciolism, humbuggery, humbug; imposture, trickery, chicanery, knavery, fraudulence; deception, cozenage, delusion, fraud, sham; swindle, hoax, U.S. Inf. bunko, defraud ment, misrepresentation; sharping, sharking,… …
34ignorance — [n] unintelligence, inexperience benightedness, bewilderment, blindness, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard, dumbness, empty headedness*, fog*, half knowledge, illiteracy, incapacity, incomprehension, innocence, inscience,… …
35dabbler — noun 1. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge • Syn: ↑dilettante, ↑sciolist • Derivationally related forms: ↑sciolism (for: ↑sciolist), ↑dilettante ( …
36dilettanteish — adjective showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish his dilettantish efforts at painting • Syn: ↑dilettante, ↑dilettantish, ↑sciolistic • Similar to: ↑superficial • Derivationally related forms …
37dilettantish — adjective showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish his dilettantish efforts at painting • Syn: ↑dilettante, ↑dilettanteish, ↑sciolistic • Similar to: ↑superficial • Derivationally related forms …
38sciolist — n. a superficial pretender to knowledge. Derivatives: sciolism n. sciolistic adj. Etymology: LL sciolus smatterer f. L scire know …
39shallowness — noun 1. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑superficiality • Ant: ↑profundity (for: ↑superficiality) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
40superficiality — noun 1. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑shallowness • Ant: ↑profundity • Derivationally related forms: ↑shallow (for: ↑ …
