Meanings
- uncommonuncountableThe habit or act of giving opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge, knowledgeability, or expertise.
Near-synonyms: dilettantism, dabbling
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The other is for the Gatt to steer off its slippery slope toward ultracrepidarianism and avoid any interference with national environmental policies, so long as they are not protectionist.
1993, Journal of World Trade, volume 27, numbers 1–3, page 53Unfortunately, people who are competent in some areas of security sometimes overestimate their own competence in other areas, and viruses seem to attract a particularly virulent brand of ultracrepidarianism (“acting or speaking outside one's ability or knowledge”).
2001, David Harley, Robert Slade, Urs E. Gattiker, Viruses Revealed: Understand and Counter Malicious Software, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, pages xxxii–xxxiiiThe unabashed ultracrepidarianism evident in most mainstream philosophers' use and abuse of "postmodernism" is itself provocative.
2011, Iain D. Thomson, Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity, Cambridge University Press (2011), page 214 (footnote)Synonyms: dilettantism, dabbling
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe habit or act of giving opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge, knowledgeability, or expertise.
Origin
Translations
Czech fušování do řemesla, všeználkovství
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Finnish mielipiteen ilmaisu asiantuntemattomana
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French ultracrépidarianisme
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Polish tromtadracja
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ultracrepidarianism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultracrepidarianism
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