Erudition
Extensive knowledge acquired through reading and study; scholarly learning.
nounErudition
Extensive knowledge acquired through reading and study; scholarly learning.
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After the scientists had spent years learning about snakes in the desert, they wrote an encyclopedia on snakes that had many subsequent editions.
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ER-uh-DOO-shun
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Erudite is an adjective meaning very knowledgeable; erudition is the corresponding noun.
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scholarship, learning, intellect, erudite
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Erudition emphasizes broad, scholarly knowledge gained through study, not practical skill. Do not confuse it with education or instruction.
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- Her erudition in Renaissance history impressed the museum curators.
- The professor's erudition was evident from the extensive citations in her lecture.
From Latin eruditus, past participle of erudire 'to educate'.
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