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erudite

How to use erudite in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for erudite.

Editorial note

I also like the prose better: a fun combination of low brow and erudite.

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Quick take

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for erudite.

adjective

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

Example sentences

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I also like the prose better: a fun combination of low brow and erudite.

2

Also the fact that they're both very entertaining and erudite writers.

3

The snob tasted each one, make erudite remarks about their qualities and selected a brand for each one.

4

Hayek's Social or 'Distributive' Justice does a much more convincing, thorough and erudite job.

5

They were well-written and erudite, but they weren't meant to be extended meditations on the art of cinema.

6

You're confusing evidence with authority and shrouding it in Latin in an attempt to appear erudite.

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This is actually a good thing, no?If academia is hoarding too many erudite free-thinkers, cut them loose elsewhere to solve the world's problem.

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""Ive seen young writers contort their prose into incomprehensibly pretentious muddles, all in a disastrous bid to sound more erudite than they are.

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But what college English courses teach you is not so much how to communicate as how to bludgeon readers with how terribly erudite you are by using longwinded, stilted, and dense verbiage.

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To attribute my reaction as some flaw in human psychology that simply wants to drag others down however is rather dismissive of the arguments I make and those made by many far more erudite than I.

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In the West, an attitude of malfeasance-denialism has been encouraged in the educated and upper crust elements of society to the point that erudite people tend to almost deny the existence of elite deviance or official criminality.

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What ever happened to.. I don't know.. honor and integrity?While not all are guilty, it does appear somewhat hypocritical that a presumably similar group, would grumble about the ills of Wall St. execs, and yet simultaneously employ analogous reasoning, just splashed with a little erudite cologne.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use erudite in a sentence?

I also like the prose better: a fun combination of low brow and erudite.

What does erudite mean?

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

What part of speech is erudite?

erudite is commonly used as adjective.