Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to sciolism or sciolists; resembling a sciolist; having only superficial knowledge; shallow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a sciolist.
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- adjective Of or relating to
sciolism , or asciolist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
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Examples
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Using solipsistic, a form of philosophic self-absorption, is sciolistic, i.e., shallow on understanding.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Using solipsistic, a form of philosophic self-absorption, is sciolistic, i.e., shallow on understanding.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Using solipsistic, a form of philosophic self-absorption, is sciolistic, i.e., shallow on understanding.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Using solipsistic, a form of philosophic self-absorption, is sciolistic, i.e., shallow on understanding.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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It is claimed that a Monotheistic Pantheism, that is, the idea of _one essence_, not person, but _essence_, is to _unite_, or make one, the whole human family upon the scientific (sciolistic) base that man himself is one grand part of the grand all-pervading, impersonal essence.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 Various
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The great offense of the scientific (sciolistic) atheist is his lofty arrogance.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 Various
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From its apparently greater freedom in skilful hands, blank-verse gives more scope to sciolistic theorizing and dogmatism than the rhyming pentameter couplet, but it is safe to say that no verse is good in the one that would not be good in the other when handled by a master like Dryden.
Among My Books Second Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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Must there not be in this subtle distribution much of what is arbitrary and sciolistic?
Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries 1831
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In the following video from Canadian television Gage discusses specifics and hard facts (none of which appear in Sunstein's sciolistic scarefest white paper) like "fuel air ratios" "hydrocarbon" and "iron-rich microspheres" - incantations too fantastic for our Harvard Professors to grasp.
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I'm sure dissidents from Islam such as Wafa Sultan and Ayaan Hirsi Ali would deem statements such as his as being shamelessly sciolistic.
magic-city-news.com 2009
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