Must there not be in this subtle distribution much of what is arbitrary and sciolistic?. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries] Reference
From its apparently greater freedom in skilful hands, blank-verse gives more scope to sciolistic theorizing and dogmatism than the rhyming pentameter couplet, but it is safe to say that no verse is good in the one that would not be good in the other when handled by a master like Dryden. From Wordnik.com. [Among My Books Second Series] Reference
In the following video from Canadian television Gage discusses specifics and hard facts (none of which appear in Sunstein's sciolistic scarefest white paper) like "fuel air ratios" "hydrocarbon" and "iron-rich microspheres" - incantations too fantastic for our Harvard Professors to grasp. From Wordnik.com. [911Blogger.com - Paying Attention to 9/11 Related News] Reference
sciolistic 9 February 2011 10:04AM. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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