scholarism

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noun

Scholarship.

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Meanings

nounscholarism (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableScholarship.

    I have (like blind Bayard) plodded forward, and set forth many Pamphlets full of much Love, and little Scholarism.

    1590, Robert Greene, Greene's Mourning Garment (quoted in Excerpta Tudoriana: or, Extracts from Elizabethan Literature (1813) by Samuel Egerton Brydges, p. 128 (Google preview))
    1 more example

    The fruitful plot of scholarism grac'd, That shortly he was grac'd with doctor's name, Excelling all whose sweet delight disputes In heavenly matters of theology

    1604, Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
erudition

Origin

From scholar + -ism.

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scholarism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarism

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“scholarism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scholarism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarism.

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