Library / English Dictionary

GENERALIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests

Example:

a statistician has to be something of a generalist

Synonyms:

generalist; Renaissance man

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("generalist" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Antonym:

specialist (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

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