learnedism

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɜːnɪdɪzəm/

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/ˈlɜːnɪdɪzəm/ · /ˈlɚnɪdɪzəm/

Definition of learnedism

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(especially)A word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition.

“Katharevousa τὸ πλοῖον and the demotic learnedism τὸ πλοῖο mean 'ship' in general. Demotic πλοῖο is stylistically more elevated than its synonym τὸ καράβι.”
“Furthermore, περ is productive in the Italiot texts, presumably as a learnedism rather than a popular survival.”
“I also hear clearly his adoption of a perspective indexed by his use of anthropological terms (for example, he repeatedly uses the word boribot, “context,” a true learnedism, in his current conversations[…]”

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From learned + -ism. Compare learned borrowing.

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