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Definition of erudition noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

erudition

noun

NAmE//ˌɛryəˈdɪʃn//

, NAmE//ˌɛrəˈdɪʃn//

[uncountable] (formal)

great academic knowledge a scholar of undoubted erudition a work of great erudition and originality

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