erudition

Preposition: of

author: Endnotes are to enlighten the reader, not to demonstrate the erudition of the author.

Converse of object

• possess: He possessed great erudition and piety, and was eminent as a writer.
• display: This short book covers a lot of ground, displaying formidable erudition and intellectual agility.
• bring: Naomi Baron certainly thinks there is, and she brings considerable erudition from what seems to be an Eng.
• combine: I liked the distinctive approach of the KTP, combining academic erudition with business related skills.
• have: How has this rather profound erudition impacted both on your own poetry and your skills as a translator and editor?

Adjective modifier

• great: A massive work of great erudition, some 1100 other works being referred to in the text.
• considerable: These were no mechanical, clerical tasks; each element of Scott's work required considerable erudition.
• vast: The title Vidyasagar, meaning " Ocean of Learning " , was given him in recognition of his vast erudition.
• extraordinary: He was a man whose unassuming character belied his extraordinary erudition and unfailing kindness.
• literary: The rigid distinction among science and history of science is based on the idea of the latter as pure literary erudition.
• own: He loved to participate in hair-splitting theological discussions and by the measure of his own erudition, he proceeded to gage Sri Ramakrishna.