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Definition of Erudition
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Erudition
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, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship. Related Definitions:
Act, As, Being, By, Criticism, Distinct, Erudite, Extensive, From, Gained, In, Instructing, Instruction, Learned, Learning, Literature, Of, Or, Particularly, Reading, Result, Scholarship, State, Study, The, Thorough |
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Erudition Quotations
Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. Ambrose Bierce The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science. James Madison If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit. Georg C. Lichtenberg However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute. Frederick Reines |
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Erudition Translations
erudition in German is Belesenheit |
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