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–noun 

1. the body of knowledge, esp. of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject: the lore of [herbs]. 

2. learning, knowledge, or erudition.

3. Archaic. 

a. the process or act of teaching; instruction.

b. something that is taught; lesson. 



Synonyms:

1. wisdom. See learning.



Learning, erudition, lore, scholarship refer to knowledge existing or acquired. 



Learning is the most general term. It may refer to knowledge obtained by systematic study or by trial and error: a man of learning; learning in the real world. 



Erudition suggests a thorough, formal, and profound sort of knowledge obtained by extensive research; it is esp. applied to knowledge in fields other than those of mathematics and physical sciences: a man of vast erudition in [languages]. 



Lore is accumulated knowledge in a particular field, esp. of a curious, anecdotal, or traditional nature; the word is now somewhat literary: [nature] lore; [local] lore. 



Scholarship is the formalized learning that is taught in schools, esp. as actively employed by a person trying to master some field of knowledge or extend its bounds: high standards of scholarship in history.





–noun Zoology. 

the space between the eye and the bill of a bird, or a corresponding space in other animals, as snakes.





　

The movie, it appears, is celebrating a barbarian warrior caste, a group of testosterone-drunk daredevils. 



The word "jarhead" refers not only to the Marine haircut—Tony’s hair is clipped high and tight—but to an empty vessel that gets filled with fighting instincts and [Marine] lore. 





egghead

except, that is, for a [cadre] of eggheads who [hail] the work as a visionary achievement. 

pedant

the names Lars von Trier and Carlos Reygadas [cavort] to mind—Haneke is pretty much a humorless [pedant]. 

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