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eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

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n. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

comprehension

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

cognizance, ken

n. range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

cognizance

n. range or scope of what is perceived

consciousness

n. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

learning, acquisition

n. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

realization, realisation, recognition

n. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"

Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom

n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

school, schooling

n. the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?"

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ignorance

n. the lack of knowledge or education

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