Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being learned; erudition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun profound knowledge.

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  • noun The quality of being learned.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun profound scholarly knowledge

Etymologies

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learned +ā€Ž -ness

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Examples

  • Commondog Iā€™m not trying to cultivate an image of dispassionate learnedness, for so called learnedness has nothing to do with the situation.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Noted for his learnedness and discretion, Ottaviano is often represented in official portraits as a "twin" or "shadow" to the duke.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • The contemporary sense of culture, which developed slowly from the intentionality and learnedness of earlier notions of disciplinary improvement, alludes to something like an enigmatic harmony amongst disciplinary practices.

    Article Abstracts 2008

  • Granted, some of this disparity as well as lack of learnedness about the world in general probably hails (for America's part) from our piss poor education system built around benefits for the teachers 'unions more so than real educational reform.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • If life in the European shtetl did not always afford Jewish women the narratives of transformation and the consciousness of self that are the preconditions for autobiographical writing, the journey across the sea from poverty to opportunity, from female shtetl ignorance to American learnedness and literariness, certainly did.

    Autobiography in the United States. 2009

  • The characters give me hope by providing heroic archetypes mostly devoid of social skills, beauty, and brawn, while instead learnedness is unmockingly valued.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Aaron M. Wilson 2009

  • It is a practice encouraged early on in school - where proverb galore equals learnedness.

    Chunghwamintzu Rulz: thanks for making my point Michael Turton 2009

  • Are you just trying to cultivate an image of dispassionate learnedness?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • I should probably single some people out for particular praise, or show my learnedness by commenting on this or that aspect of the production, but it doesn't seem fair.

    Archive 2008-07-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • I should probably single some people out for particular praise, or show my learnedness by commenting on this or that aspect of the production, but it doesn't seem fair.

    Jerry Springer, The Opera The Brillig Blogger 2008

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