Encyclopedism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  encyclopedism
       n : profound scholarly knowledge [syn: {eruditeness}, {erudition},
            {learnedness}, {learning}, {scholarship}, {encyclopaedism}]