erudition

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin eruditio (“‘an instructing, learning, erudition’”) < erudire (“‘to instruct, educate, cultivate, lit. free from rudeness’”) < e (“‘out’”) + rudis (“‘rude’”).

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erudition (uncountable)

1. profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship

[edit] Synonyms

• knowledge
• information
• learning
• lore
• scholarship
• scholarism

[edit] Related terms

• erudite

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• erudition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• erudition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• erudition at OneLook® Dictionary Search