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érudition — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • erudition noun Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
  • scholarship noun Money awarded to a student to help pay for their education, usually based on merit or need.

Senses

érudition is used for these senses in English:

  • erudition Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
  • scholarliness The state or condition of being scholarly.

erudition — full definition

  1. noun Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
  2. noun The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.

scholarship — full definition

  1. noun Money awarded to a student to help pay for their education, usually based on merit or need.
  2. noun Serious academic research and knowledge, or the quality of a scholar's work.

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