connoisseurship

[ kon-uh-sur-ship, -soor- ]

noun

1. the fact or state of being a connoisseur, a person who is especially competent to make discerning judgments in the fine arts or, often, in some other field; critical expertise, or the qualities of a connoisseur generally:

   Private galleries were a way for collectors to show off their education, taste, and connoisseurship.

   Fine tea defines a sense of culture, marks a ritual, and offers a sense of connoisseurship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of connoisseurship¹

connoisseur ( def ) + -ship ( def )

Example Sentences

He also praised Hedreen’s “inextinguishable intellectual curiosity and connoisseurship.”

From Seattle Times

We learn that this figurative formula accommodated an unusual range of proportions, emotions and body language, encouraging a kind of elemental connoisseurship.

From New York Times

She also found that a pervasive emphasis on connoisseurship tended to eclipse the information she found most absorbing: “I was interested in the builders, the makers, the stories of people behind these nice-looking objects,” she said.

From Seattle Times

But it would take a degree of nerve, a love of visual impact and a reinvention of connoisseurship that few museums seem able to accommodate these days.

From New York Times

“It does require great knowledge, photographic memory and ability to understand, connoisseurship to identify and group them by author,” said Sean Hemingway, the current lead curator of Greek and Roman art at the Met.

From New York Times