Associations to the word «Erasmus»
Noun
- Rotterdam
- Darwin
- Humanist
- Humanism
- Luther
- Socrates
- Basel
- Reformation
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- Cicero
- Utopia
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- Naturalist
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- Correspondent
- Netherlands
- Rhetoric
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- Epistle
- Treatise
- Lucian
- Thinker
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- Johannes
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- Leiden
- Voltaire
- Oration
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- Informatics
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- Moderation
- Aquinas
- Leonardo
- Heretic
- Utrecht
- Semester
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- Admirer
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- Latin
- Piety
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- Scholar
- Nel
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- Professorship
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Wiktionary
ERASMUS, proper noun. Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch humanist and theologian.
ERASMUS, proper noun. A male given name, rare in English.
Dictionary definition
ERASMUS, noun. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536).
Wise words
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Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.