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- noun
Knowledge acquired fromreading books, as opposed to knowledge gained throughexperience orfeeling ;theoretical oracademic knowledge as opposed topractical orcommon-sensical knowledge.
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Examples
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Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade.
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Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade.
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Though politicians gnash their teeth and cry anathema, and man, whose superficial book-learning is vitiated by crystallised prejudice, assures us that civilisation will go to smash, the trend of society, to-day, the world over, is toward socialism.
THE HUMAN DRIFT 2010
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America should be building, rather, on our unique strengths, focusing our main efforts and resources not on book-learning from the past and standardized testing, but on stimulating the passion and creativity of all our young people and honing our well-deserved reputation for ingenuity and entrepreneurship.
Marc Prensky: The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century Marc Prensky 2011
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Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade.
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Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade.
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Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade.
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Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade.
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Many local friends/acquaintenances generally didn't have much 'book-learning' past six grade.
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America should be building, rather, on our unique strengths, focusing our main efforts and resources not on book-learning from the past and standardized testing, but on stimulating the passion and creativity of all our young people and honing our well-deserved reputation for ingenuity and entrepreneurship.
Marc Prensky: The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century Marc Prensky 2011
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