单词 | savantism |
释义 | savantismn. 1. Knowledge or learning. Frequently in later use with pejorative connotations: bookish or conventional learning; erudition without practical application. Cf. savant n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [noun] learningc897 wisdomc950 witnessc950 lore971 clergya1225 wit1297 apprise1303 gramaryec1320 clergisea1330 cunning1340 lering1340 sciencea1387 schoola1393 studya1393 art?a1400 cunningnessa1400 leara1400 sophyc1440 doctrinec1460 mathesisa1475 grammarc1500 doctorship1567 knowledge1576 scholarship1579 virtuosoship1666 erudition1718 eruditenessa1834 Wissenschaft1834 savantism1855 scholarment1896 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > mere book-learning bookishness1577 bookism1788 savantism1855 bookiness1877 1855 Our ‘First Families’ xxv. 297 The soul, or principle of life, does indeed reside in the lungs and vital viscera, and not in the brain, as modern savantism has so mathematically and geographically diagrammed it out. 1930 Survey 1 Mar. 666/2 Scholarship transcends mere savantism. 1958 R. L. Cook Dimensions of Robert Frost i. iii. 31 Usually his wit is pointed at savantism, bookfast scholars, demobilized intellects, whether in science, scholarship, business, or the military. 2004 C. Wilson Moral Animals viii. 287 Male savantism has made an overwhelming impression, registering with us as clear proof of overall male capability and female disqualification. 2. Unusual or exceptional aptitude for a particular task or activity despite significant impairment in other areas of intellectual or social functioning. Also more generally: precocious or prodigious talent in a single field. Cf. savant n. 2. ΚΠ 1989 D. A. Treffert Extraordinary People ii. 21 Apparently X. was born intelligent and savantism did not occur until acquired mental deficiency, following illness, affected intellectual functioning but spared musical skills. 1998 Strad June 577/2 This was the same William Jackson who provided a personal memoir documenting the musical savantism of eight-year-old Wolfgang Mozart in London. 2011 D. A. Hodges & D. C. Sebald Music in Human Experience ix. 163 Of course, prodigies are not brain damaged, but there are some striking similarities with savantism. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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