erudition
See also: érudition
English
Etymology
From Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/
Noun
erudition (countable and uncountable, plural eruditions)
- Profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship.
Synonyms
- (profound knowledge): knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism
Related terms
Translations
profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
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Further reading
- erudition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- erudition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- erudition at OneLook Dictionary Search
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