erudition

noun erudition

• knowledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
• learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
• education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
• learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
• culture — Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.