Meanings
- uncountableThe skill of a sage.
At that time he had come to wonder just why she wished so badly to serve as a mere aide when according to all her instructors she had excelled in the art of sagecraft.
2010, Tom Foster, Strength and Honor, page 4251 more example
Medical and public health discussion of firearms issues have consistently exemplified "sagecraft" in the Znanieckian concept of partisan academic "sages" inventing, selecting, or misinterpreting data to validate preordained conclusions.
1997, Don B. Kates, Gary Kleck, The Great American Gun Debate, page 123
Origin
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sagecraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagecraft
“sagecraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagecraft. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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