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- Dictionaryerudite/ˈɛr(j)ʊdʌɪt/
adjective
- 1. having or showing great knowledge or learning: "Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion"
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ERUDITE meaning: having or showing knowledge that is learned by studying
:impressive knowledge that is learned by studying. a scholar of remarkable erudition. an amazing display of erudition [=learning]
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4 days ago · The term was first used around the end of the 18th century by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Lanzi to define 16th-century artists who were the followers of major Renaissance masters.
commedia erudita, (Italian: “learned comedy”), 16th-century Italian dramatic form that, unlike its theatrical contemporary, the vernacular and improvisational commedia dell’arte, followed scripts written in Latin or Italian that were based on the scholarly works of earlier Italian and ancient Roman authors.Because the language used in the commedia erudita was not easily comprehensible to the general public, these plays were performed for the nobility, usually by nonprofessional actors ...
Britannica Dictionary definition of PRUDERY [ noncount ] disapproving : the behavior or thinking of people who are too easily shocked or offended : prudish behavior or attitudes
Aug 19, 2024 · Clifford Geertz was an American cultural anthropologist, a leading rhetorician and proponent of symbolic anthropology and interpretive anthropology. After service in the U.S. Navy in World War II (1943–45), Geertz studied at Antioch College, Ohio (B.A., 1950), and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1956).
ethos, in rhetoric, the character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience.It is distinguished from pathos, which is the emotion the speaker or writer hopes to induce in the audience.The two words were distinguished in a broader sense by ancient Classical authors, who used pathos when referring to the violent emotions and ethos to mean the calmer ones.Ethos was the natural disposition or moral character, an abiding quality, and pathos a ...
Sep 9, 1998 · Music is everywhere to be heard. But what is music? Commentators have spoken of “the relationship of music to the human senses and intellect,” thus affirming a world of human discourse as the necessary setting for the art. A definition of music itself will take longer.
Britannica Dictionary definition of JUGGERNAUT [count] 1 : something (such as a force, campaign, or movement) that is extremely large and powerful and cannot be stopped. an advertising/political juggernaut [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. 2 . British: a very large, heavy truck — called also juggernaut lorry. ASK THE EDITOR
