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SCIOLIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sciolist mean?
• SCIOLIST (noun)
The noun SCIOLIST has 1 sense:
1. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Familiarity information: SCIOLIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dabbler; dilettante; sciolist
Hypernyms ("sciolist" is a kind of...):
amateur (someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime)
Derivation:
sciolism (pretentious superficiality of knowledge)
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