erudition

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
2. (countable, uncountable) The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.

Synonyms

learning

knowledge

scholarship

learnedness

education

encyclopaedism

eruditeness

encyclopedism

schooling

wisdom

study

profound learning

letter

lore

scholarliness

science

sophistication

great learning

cognizance

Translations

érudition

erudición

Belesenheit

erudição

erudizione

eruditie

dottrina

πολυμάθεια

ευρυμάθεια

Gelehrsamkeit

alimlik

erudició

doctrina

geleerdheid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/

Etymology

First attested in the 15th Century. From Middle French érudition, from Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”).