learned man

  • 1learned man — index pedagogue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2learned man — Synonyms and related words: academician, bookman, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, genius, giant of learning, humanist, learned clerk, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, man of learning, man of letters, mastermind, mine of… …

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  • 3learned — (Pronounced [[t]lɜ͟ː(r)nɪd[/t]] for meanings 1 and 2, and [[t]lɜ͟ː(r)nd[/t]] for meaning 3.) 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A learned person has gained a lot of knowledge by studying. He is a serious scholar, a genuinely learned man. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu …

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  • 4learned — learn|ed [ lɜrnəd ] adjective 1. ) a learned person knows a lot about one or more subjects, especially academic subjects: He was a very learned man. 2. ) a learned piece of writing shows great knowledge about a subject, especially an academic… …

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  • 5learned — UK [ˈlɜː(r)nɪd] / US [ˈlɜrnəd] adjective 1) a learned person knows a lot about one or more subjects, especially academic subjects He was a very learned man. 2) a learned piece of writing shows great knowledge about a subject, especially an… …

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  • 6man of letters — noun a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑humanist * * * 1. : a learned man : scholar 2. : a literary man : author, littérateur * * * …

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  • 7learned — adjective the most learned man in their community Syn: scholarly, erudite, well educated, knowledgeable, well read, well informed, lettered, cultured, intellectual, academic, literary, bookish, highbrow, studious; informal brainy Ant: ignorant …

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  • 8learned — [ˈlɜːnɪd] adj having or showing a lot of knowledge about academic subjects a learned man[/ex] …

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  • 9Learned helplessness — is a psychological condition in which a human being or an animal has learned to act or behave helpless in a particular situation, even when it has the power to change its unpleasant or even harmful circumstance. Learned helplessness theory is the …

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  • 10learned — learned, scholarly, erudite are comparable when they mean possessing or manifesting unusually wide and deep knowledge. Learned implies the possession of knowledge gained by study and research; it usually implies wider and deeper knowledge than do …

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