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er·u·di·tion

noun \ˌer-ə-ˈdi-shən, ˌer-yə-\

Definition of ERUDITION

: extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books : profound, recondite, or bookish learning
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Examples of ERUDITION

  1. a scholar of remarkable erudition
  2. <a theologian of impressive erudition but with a down-to-earth manner>

First Known Use of ERUDITION

15th century

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Rhymes with ERUDITION

acoustician, acquisition, admonition, aesthetician, air-condition, ammunition, apparition, apposition, coalition, co-edition, competition, composition, cosmetician, decommission, decondition, definition, demolition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, disquisition, electrician, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, first edition, imposition, in addition, inanition, in commission, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intromission, intuition, linguistician, logistician, malnutrition, malposition, manumission, mathematician, mechanician, micturition, obstetrician, on commission, opposition, Ordovician, parturition, politician, precognition, precondition, premonition, preposition, proposition, recognition, recondition, repetition, requisition, rescue mission, rhetorician, self-ignition, statistician, submunition, superstition, supposition, text edition, trade edition, transposition
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