connoisseurship

Noun

Meaning

State of being a connoisseur.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

virtu vertu attention understanding taste perception consciousness discrimination judgment conception sensitivity insight discretion realization appreciation
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Antonyms

fact proof concrete measurement ignorance indifference
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Hypernyms

taste appreciation discernment perceptiveness

Examples

“Canon formation,” as literary historians call it, started in the mid-eighteenth century for all kinds of reasons, among them a rising interest in taste and connoisseurship, and, in Britain, a rethinking of copyright law. Source: Internet

In the case of the two 20-something Brooklyn hipsters in Kunzru’s novel, connoisseurship of the blues is a ticket to a kind of personal cachet that neither feels in possession of on his own. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

connoisseurial connoisseurish connoisseurly connoisseuse Connolly connon lantern slide