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Sciolist vs Dissenter - What's the difference?

sciolist | dissenter |

As nouns the difference between sciolist and dissenter

is that sciolist is one who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding while dissenter is someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church.

sciolist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.
  • * 2003 , , Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin), p. 290:
    • Walter is [...] a dupe to the half-baked speculations of every sciolist from Descartes down to ‘Coglionissimo Borri’, and a pack of other dunces.
  • * 1893 , , "The Decadent Movement in Literature" (Harper's Magazine):
    • But M. Dujardin is a poet; "vers libres" in the hands of a sciolist are the most intolerably easy and annoying of poetical exercises.

    Synonyms

    * know-it-all, factotum, jack of all trades

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Latin

    dissenter

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia dissenter) (en noun)
  • someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church

    • Anagrams

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