- erudition
- noun Date: 15th century extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books ; profound, recondite, or bookish learning Synonyms: see knowledge
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érudition — [ erydisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1495; lat. eruditio « enseignement », de erudire → érudit 1 ♦ Vx Instruction, savoir. 2 ♦ (après 1650) Mod. Savoir approfondi fondé sur l étude des sources historiques, des documents, des textes. ⇒ connaissance , 2. culture … Encyclopédie Universelle
Erudition — Érudition Pour les articles homonymes, voir Érudit. Un chercheur érudit. L’érudition désigne une grande étendue de savoir conférant une connaissance profonde … Wikipédia en Français
erudition — Erudition. s. f. Scavoir, connoissance dans les belles lettres. Grande, profonde, rare, singuliere érudition. il est homme d érudition. il a de l érudition, beaucoup d érudition. Erudition, signifie aussi, Remarque, recherche sçavante, curieuse.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
erudition — er u*di tion ([e^]r [ u]*d[i^]sh [u^]n), n. [L. eruditio: cf. F. [ e]rudition.] The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Erudition — (lat.), gelehrte Bildung, Gelehrsamkeit … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Erudition — (lat.), gelehrte Bildung, Gelehrsamkeit; erudieren, bilden, unterrichten … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
erudition — index comprehension, education, information (knowledge), knowledge (learning) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
érudition — ÉRUDITION: La mépriser comme étant la marque d un esprit étroit … Dictionnaire des idées reçues
erudition — c.1400, instruction, education, from L. eruditionem (nom. eruditio) an instructing, noun of action from pp. stem of erudire (see ERUDITE (Cf. erudite)). Meaning learning, scholarship is from 1520s … Etymology dictionary
erudition — learning, scholarship, *knowledge, science, information, lore … New Dictionary of Synonyms
erudition — [n] higher education bookishness, brains, cultivation, culture, enlightenment, intellectuality, knowledge, learnedness, learning, letters, literacy, lore, pedantry, refinement, savvy, scholarliness, scholarship, science, studiousness; concepts… … New thesaurus
