erudition

[er-yoo-dish-uhn, er-oo-] / ˌɛr jʊˈdɪʃ ən, ˌɛr ʊ- /

NOUN

higher education

Synonyms

STRONGEST

refinement

STRONG

bookishness brains cultivation culture enlightenment knowledge learnedness learning letters literacy lore pedantry savvy scholarship science studiousness

WEAK

intellectuality scholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

ignorance

Example Sentences

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His friend M. Taine says that he was erudite in many eruditions.

From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

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