The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sciolism
Sciolism \Sci"o*lism\, n. [See Sciolist.] The knowledge of a sciolist; superficial knowledge.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
sciolism
n. The practice or an instance of showing opinions on something of which one is ignorant.
WordNet
sciolism
n. pretentious superficiality of knowledge
Usage examples of "sciolism".
Our popular sciolism is different--it is a smattering not so much of facts as of points of view.
It is enough for me to point out to yourself that there are certain social fitnesses and proprieties which should hinder a somewhat near relative of mine from becoming any wise conspicuous in this vicinity in a status not only much beneath my own, but associated at best with the sciolism of literary or political adventurers.