generalist

/ˈdʒɛnərələst/
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Other forms: generalists

Definitions of generalist
  1. noun
    a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
    “a statistician has to be something of a generalist”
    synonyms: Renaissance man
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    antonyms:
    specialist
    an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
    type 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
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