'erudition' definitions:
Definition of 'erudition'
(from WordNet)
noun
Profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]
Definition of 'erudition'
From: GCIDE
- erudition \er`u*di"tion\ ([e^]r`[-u]*d[i^]sh"[u^]n), 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. --Macaulay.
- Syn: Literature; learning. See Literature. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'erudition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bibliolatry,
- bibliomania,
- bluestockingism,
- book learning,
- book madness,
- bookiness,
- bookishness,
- booklore,
- broad-mindedness,
- broadening the mind,
- 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