About The Word Erudition
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Erudition
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What's The Definition Of Erudition?
[n] profound knowledge
Synonyms | Synonyms for Erudition: eruditeness | learnedness | learning | scholarship Related Terms | Find terms related to Erudition: bibliolatry | bibliomania | bluestockingism | book learning | book madness | bookiness | bookishness | booklore | broadening the mind | broad-mindedness | classical scholarship | classicism | cultivation | culture | depth | donnishness | education | eruditeness | good understanding | humanism | humanistic scholarship | intellectual acquirement | intellectualism | intellectuality | knowledge | learnedness | learning | letters | literacy | mastery of skills | mellow wisdom | memorization | mental cultivation | mental culture | pedantism | pedantry | profoundness | profundity | reading | ripe wisdom | sageness | sapience | scholarliness | scholarship | science | seasoned understanding | self-instruction | Sophia | sound understanding | storing the mind | studiousness | wisdom | wiseness See Also | education | letters Erudition In Webster's Dictionary \Er`u*di"tion\, n. [L. eruditio: cf. F. ['e]rudition.]
The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction;
the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions
gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning
in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences;
scholarship.
The management of a young lady's person is not be
overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more
to be regarded. --Steele.
The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily
upon him. --Macaulay.
Syn: Literature; learning. See {Literature}.
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