1.
[syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Encyclopedism \En*cy`clo*pe"dism\, n.
The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also,
possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic
learning.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
encyclopedism
n 1: profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness,
erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship,
encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]