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erudition

[er-yoo-dish-uhn, er-oo-] / ˌɛr yʊˈdɪʃ ən, ˌɛr ʊ- /


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The Culture Gabfest, “The Erudition is Sick” Edition Listen to 's show about Beavis and Butt-head, literary theory, and indie rock’s decent into banality.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2011

Erudition and silliness are not mutually exclusive, and no one understood that better than Willy Wonka.

From Newsweek

Pass the Erudition Sir: The community is not as primordial as the individual.

From Time Magazine Archive

Erudition figures him as shallow and a trifler; culture condemns him for pushing his hatred of spiritual falsehood much too seriously; Christian charity feels constrained to unmask a demon from the depths of the pit.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John

Erudition carries there all earthly emoluments in its train.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival




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