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en·cy·clo·pe·dism  (n-skl-pdzm)
n.
Encyclopedic learning.
encyclopedism
1. the command of a wide range of knowledge.
2. the writings and thoughts of the 18th-century French Encyclopedists, especially an emphasis on scientific rationalism. — encyclopedist, n.
See also: Knowledge
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Noun1.encyclopedism - profound scholarly knowledge
encyclopaedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship
education - knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
letters - scholarly attainment; "he is a man of letters"
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