sagecraft en · NOUN
Etymology
From sage + -craft.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The skill of a sage.
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: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 425: