encyclopaedism

Thân thiện

A scholar demonstrates encyclopaedism by referencing many books in her study.

Definition

Noun: 1. Profound and extensive scholarly knowledge: The state or quality of possessing deep, comprehensive, and wide-ranging learning, often across multiple fields of study. It implies a mastery of a vast body of information, characteristic of a classical education or a true polymath.

Usage Examples

• His conversation was marked by a remarkable encyclopaedism, effortlessly spanning history, literature, and the natural sciences.
• The 18th-century ideal of encyclopaedism seems almost unattainable in today's age of extreme academic specialization.
• She approached the project not with narrow expertise but with a spirit of encyclopaedism, drawing connections between disparate disciplines.

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a historical or slightly formal connotation, evoking the ideals of the Enlightenment and figures like Diderot, who edited the great French .
• It can be used to describe a person's characteristic intellectual approach: "His encyclopaedism shaped his unique analytical framework."
• Sometimes used critically to imply knowledge that is broad but perhaps not sufficiently deep in any single area, though its primary meaning is positive.

Variants and Related Words

• Encyclopaedic (adj.): Possessing or showing extensive knowledge.
• Encyclopaedia/Encyclopedia (n.): A comprehensive reference work containing articles on a wide range of subjects or on numerous aspects of a particular field.
• Polymath (n.): A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. (This is a person who embodies encyclopaedism).
• Erudition (n.): Similar scholarly knowledge, but more strongly emphasizes breadth across many fields.

Synonyms

• Erudition
• Learnedness
• Scholarship
• Polymathy
• Profound knowledge

Antonyms

• Ignorance
• Unfamiliarity
• Specialization (in the sense of deep knowledge in only one narrow field)

Học thuật

Noun

1. profound scholarly knowledge

Từ đồng nghĩa

• eruditeness
• erudition
• learnedness
• learning
• scholarship
• encyclopedism