sciolism

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This is scholarship; the secondary information that has been popular is sciolism.

From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.

The pages of this periodical form an invaluable storehouse to the philosophic naturalist, who wishes to pursue his science undeterred by the ridicule of sciolism or the frown of authority.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

It seemed to stand out in such sharp contrast with our latter-day sciolism and half-believed creeds, and to be flung into higher relief by the dark shadow of John Maltravers's ruined life.

From The Lost Stradivarius by Falkner, John Meade

Sometimes, without a moment's warning, he would utter a paradox which from any one else might have seemed the mere recklessness of sciolism, but which, coming from him, was treasured in the memory.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Few things are as distressing as the sciolism of a second-rate English editor of a classic.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John