Erudition
[er-yoo-dish-uh n, er-oo-] /ˌɛr yʊˈdɪʃ ən, ˌɛr ʊ-/
noun
1.
knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.
n.
c.1400, “instruction, education,” from Latin eruditionem (nominative eruditio) “an instructing,” noun of action from past participle stem of erudire (see erudite). Meaning “learning, scholarship” is from 1520s.
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