Antonyms for erudition

Grammar : Noun

Spell : er-yoo-dish-uh n, er-oo-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛr yʊˈdɪʃ ən, ˌɛr ʊ-

ignorance

Definition of erudition

Origin : 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.

noun higher education

Example sentences :

Did our author owe this insight to erudition or to poetic intuition?
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

The student who has not succeeded in stifling it is lost for ever to erudition.
Extract from : « Balthasar » by Anatole France

In Europe, erudition, research, and collections of rules have not been wanting.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 » by Various

But the eighteenth century was not the century of erudition.
Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

His erudition sat lightly on him, for it was simply a means to the end of his art.
Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson

Of course, erudition had its revenge, and carried Taddeo too far.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

And as to other kinds of knowledge, erudition, learning, how do they profit the possessor?
Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson

The room in fact was as depressing from its slatternliness as from its atmosphere of erudition.
Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler

But truth, not erudition, was the demand and the necessity of his mind.
Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden

The one who had succeeded to this honor was widely celebrated for her erudition.
Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley

Synonyms for erudition

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