ulema (noun)
Arabic
A body of Muslim scholars who are recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology. (NOA)
Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law. (AHD)
In a Muslim country or society, the body of professional theologians who are regarded as the authority on religious law. (CHM)
The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's doctrines and laws, and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community. (VC)
Muslim clerics considered as a whole. (RM)
See: cleric
ultracrepidarian (adjective and noun)
adjective: Expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise. (NOA)
Expressing an opinion about something that you have no special knowledge of. (CD)
For instance: ultracrepidarian advice
noun: A person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise. (NOA)
Someone who has no special knowledge of a subject but who expresses an opinion about it. (CD)
For instance: Actors on politics, academics outside of their field of expertise.
Arabic
In Islam, the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion. (NOA)
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The worldwide community of Muslims. (AHD)
The Muslim community throughout the world; the Islamic community. (CDC)
It is commonly used to mean the collective community of Islamic peoples. (Wikipedia)
unctuous (adjective)
Of a person: Excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily. (NOA)
Having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality. (MW)
unctuous (adjective)
Of a person: Excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily. (NOA)
Having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality. (MW)
Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest: was annoyed by the unctuous waiter. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; slippery. (AHD)
Unctuous people or behavior expresses too much praise, interest, friendliness, etc., in a way that is false and unpleasant. (CD)
upspeak or uptalk (noun)
Unctuous people or behavior expresses too much praise, interest, friendliness, etc., in a way that is false and unpleasant. (CD)
upspeak or uptalk (noun)
Also known as high rising terminal (HRT), is a linguistic occurrence in which a speaker uses a rising inflection at the end of a declarative sentence. This rising intonation at the end of the sentence makes a statement sound like a question. (Masterclass)
A manner of speaking in which declarative sentences are uttered with rising intonation at the end, as if they were questions.
(NOA)
Speech in which each clause, sentence, etc., ends like a question with a rising inflection. (MW)
High rising terminal: A feature of some variants of English where declarative sentences can end with a rising pitch similar to that typically found in yes-or-no questions. Especially common among younger speakers and women. (Wikipedia)
See: affectation, vocal fry
urbane (adjective)
Of a person, especially a man: Courteous and refined in manner. (OD)
Notably polite or polished in manner. (MW)
See: affectation, vocal fry
urbane (adjective)
Of a person, especially a man: Courteous and refined in manner. (OD)
Notably polite or polished in manner. (MW)
Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner. (AHD)
Especially of a man, confident, comfortable, and polite in social situations. Having an understanding of the world and showing experience and confidence. (CD)
Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. (VC)
Of a person, elegant and refined in manners; courteous, civil; suave, sophisticated. Of a quality, action, etc., characteristic of or befitting such a person; refined, sophisticated. (OED)