"erudition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-erudition.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: eruditions [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|15th Century}} the 15th Century, {{etydate|15th Century}} First attested in the 15th Century., {{der|en|frm|érudition}} Middle French érudition, {{der|en|la|eruditio||an instructing, learning, erudition}} Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), {{m|la|erudire||to instruct, educate, cultivate|lit=free from rudeness}} erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), {{m|la|e||out}} e (“out”), {{m|la|rudis||rude}} rudis (“rude”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} erudition (countable and uncountable, plural eruditions)
  1. Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Thinking Synonyms (profound knowledge): knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism Translations (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship): ներհունություն (nerhunutʿyun) (Armenian), এলেম (elem) (Bengali), еруди́ция (erudícija) (Bulgarian), 博學 (Chinese Mandarin), 博学 (bóxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 學識 (Chinese Mandarin), 学识 (xuéshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 學問 (Chinese Mandarin), 学问 (xuéwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 学问 (xuéwen) (Chinese Mandarin), lærdom [common-gender] (Danish), erudition [common-gender] (Danish), geleerdheid [feminine] (Dutch), eruditie [feminine] (Dutch), oppineisuus (Finnish), érudition [feminine] (French), erudición [feminine] (Galician), Belesenheit [feminine] (German), Gelehrtheit [feminine] (German), Bildung [feminine] (German), Gelehrsamkeit [feminine] (German), πολυμάθεια (polymátheia) (Greek), λογιότητα (logiótita) [feminine] (Greek), σοφία (sofía) [feminine] (Greek), אוריינות (orianút) [feminine] (Hebrew), műveltség (Hungarian), tanultság (Hungarian), 博学 (hakugaku) (alt: はくがく) (Japanese), 박학 (bakhak) (Korean), doctrīna [feminine] (Latin), ērudītiō [feminine] (Latin), erudycja (Polish), oczytanie [neuter] (Polish), erudição [feminine] (Portuguese), erudiție [feminine] (Romanian), эруди́ция (erudícija) [feminine] (Russian), начи́танность (načítannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), у́мственный бага́ж (úmstvennyj bagáž) [masculine] (Russian), načitanost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), начитаност [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), erudicija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), erudición [feminine] (Spanish), bildning [common-gender] (Swedish), beläsenhet (Swedish), lärdom [common-gender] (Swedish), erudition [archaic, common-gender] (Swedish), vitterhet [common-gender] (Swedish), kaalaliman (Tagalog), bilginlik (Turkish), еруди́ція (erudýcija) (Ukrainian), бага́ж зна́нь (baháž znánʹ) (Ukrainian), розумо́вий бага́ж (rozumóvyj baháž) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-erudition-en-noun-OIvkVnny Disambiguation of Thinking: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'profound knowledge': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship': 85 15
  2. The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-erudition-en-noun-YO8jjTT~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: erudite, rude

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      "expansion": "erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "",
        "4": "out"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "rudis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rude"
      },
      "expansion": "rudis (“rude”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eruditions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "erudite"
    },
    {
      "word": "rude"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Profound",
          "profound"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "learning",
          "learning"
        ],
        [
          "scholarship",
          "scholarship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-erudition.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-erudition.ogg/En-us-erudition.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-erudition.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mid-Atlantic"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Mid-Atlantic)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "profound knowledge",
      "word": "knowledge"
    },
    {
      "sense": "profound knowledge",
      "word": "information"
    },
    {
      "sense": "profound knowledge",
      "word": "learning"
    },
    {
      "sense": "profound knowledge",
      "word": "lore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "profound knowledge",
      "word": "scholarship"
    },
    {
      "sense": "profound knowledge",
      "word": "scholarism"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerhunutʿyun",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "ներհունություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "elem",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "এলেম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "erudícija",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "еруди́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "博學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bóxué",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "博学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "學識"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuéshí",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "学识"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "學問"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuéwèn",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "学问"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "學問"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuéwen",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "学问"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lærdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "erudition"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geleerdheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eruditie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "oppineisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "érudition"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erudición"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belesenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gelehrtheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bildung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gelehrsamkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "polymátheia",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "πολυμάθεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "logiótita",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λογιότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sofía",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σοφία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "orianút",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אוריינות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "műveltség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "tanultság"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakugaku",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "博学"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bakhak",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "박학"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doctrīna"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ērudītiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "erudycja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oczytanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erudição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erudiție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "erudícija",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эруди́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "načítannostʹ",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "начи́танность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úmstvennyj bagáž",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́мственный бага́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "načitanost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "начитаност"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erudicija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erudición"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bildning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "beläsenhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lärdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "erudition"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vitterhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "kaalaliman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "bilginlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "erudýcija",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "еруди́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "baháž znánʹ",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "бага́ж зна́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozumóvyj baháž",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "розумо́вий бага́ж"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erudition"
}

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