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scholarism

scholarism noun: scholarship.

Noun

scholarism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Scholarship.
    • I have (like blind Bayard) plodded forward, and set forth many Pamphlets full of much Love, and little Scholarism.1590, Robert Greene, Greene's Mourning Garment (quoted in Excerpta Tudoriana: or, Extracts from Elizabethan Literature (1813) by Samuel Egerton Brydges, p. 128 (Google preview))
    • The fruitful plot of scholarism grac'd,
      That shortly he was grac'd with doctor's name,
      Excelling all whose sweet delight disputes
      In heavenly matters of theology1604, Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus

Origin of scholarism

From scholar + -ism.

Questions about scholarism

What does scholarism mean?
Scholarism means scholarship.
What part of speech is scholarism?
Scholarism is a noun.

Words near scholarism in the dictionary

  1. scholaress
  2. scholaresses
  3. scholarhood
  4. scholarian
  5. scholarians
  6. scholarism
  7. scholarity
  8. scholarless
  9. scholarlike
  10. scholarlily
  11. scholarliness

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