Sciolist

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who has only superficial knowledge; a pretender to profound or scientific knowledge; a smatterer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.
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  • noun. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge