sciolism
Example Sentences
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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
Of all these cobwebs spun by the spiders of sciolism, the Euhemeristic or Spencerian view—that Gladstone is an historical personage—has attracted most attention.
From In the Wrong Paradise by Lang, Andrew
And the husks of culture are pedantry and sciolism.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
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
And yet, even worse than this languorous inanition is the active policy of those who despise everything contemporary or native, and substitute sciolism for catholicity, contempt for analysis.
