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Definition of sciolist:

(n) : one who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding
"2003: Walter is [...] a dupe to the half-baked speculations of every sciolist from Descartes down to 'Coglionissimo Borri', and a pack of other dunces -- Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 290)"

Definition of sciolist:

(n) : one who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding
"2003: Walter is [...] a dupe to the half-baked speculations of every sciolist from Descartes down to 'Coglionissimo Borri', and a pack of other dunces -- Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 290)"

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