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S0148800 (sī′ə-lĭz′əm)n. A pretentious attitude of scholarship; superficial knowledgeability.

[From Late Latin sciolus, smatterer, diminutive of Latin scius, knowing, from scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

sci′o·list n.sci′o·lis′tic adj.

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sciolistic - showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"dilettante, dilettanteish, dilettantishsuperficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"

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adj showing frivolous or superficial interest

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