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Generalist
//ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.lɪst// noun
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Noun
- 1 A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
- 2 a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests wordnet
- 3 A general practitioner.
- 4 Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. A eurytopic species.
Etymology
From general + -ist.
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