"erudition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-erudition.ogg 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”) 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 (nerhunutʻyun) (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)
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  2. The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: erudite, rude

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
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      "word": "박학"
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      "word": "doctrīna"
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      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
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      "word": "ērudītiō"
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      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "erudycja"
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      "word": "oczytanie"
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      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "erudição"
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      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "erudiție"
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      "roman": "erudícija",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "эруди́ция"
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      "roman": "načítannostʹ",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
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      "word": "начи́танность"
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      "word": "erudicija"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "erudición"
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      "word": "bilginlik"
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      "roman": "erudýcija",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "еруди́ція"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "baháž znánʹ",
      "sense": "profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship",
      "word": "бага́ж зна́нь"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozumóvyj baháž",
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      "word": "розумо́вий бага́ж"
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