erudition
/ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/
erudition noun: profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
Noun
erudition (countable and uncountable, plural eruditions)
- Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
- Professor Archimedes Q. Porter was their only immediate anxiety. Fully assured in his own mind that his daughter had been picked up by a passing steamer, he gave over the last vestige of apprehension concerning her welfare, and devoted his giant intellect solely to the consideration of those...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 179
- As a philosopher he was superior to Lenin in all respects: erudition, knowledge of his subject, independence of thought, and skill in formulating problems.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- Synonyms:
- knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism
- The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.
erudition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
erudition in Hindi
- erudition
- बहुज्ञता bahujñatā
erudition in Tamil
- ஊதியம், ஊகை, ஓதி, புலமை, கலை, சால்பு
erudition in Urdu
- علمیت, قابلیت
erudition in Bengali
- profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
- এলেম elem
More languagesFewer languages
- erudition in Kannada
- ಕಲಿತ, ಕಲ್ಪಿ, ಬಲ್ಲತನ, ವಿದ್ವತ್
- erudition in Tagalog
- kaalaliman
Synonyms of erudition
Forms of erudition
| plural | eruditions |
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Origin of erudition
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”). By surface analysis, erudite + -ion.
Words formed from erudition
Questions about erudition
- What does erudition mean?
- Erudition means profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
- What is erudition in Hindi?
- Erudition in Hindi is बहुज्ञता (bahujñatā). See Erudition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is erudition?
- Erudition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce erudition?
- Erudition is pronounced /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of erudition?
- The plural of erudition is eruditions.
Words near erudition in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: erudition (page history and authors); बहुज्ञता (Hindi) (page history and authors); erudition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erudition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erudition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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