generalist
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ər noun
a person whose knowledge, aptitudes, and skills are applied to a field as a whole or to a variety of different fields ( opposed to specialist ).
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generalist (ˈdʒɛnərəlɪst, ˈdʒɛnrə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a person who is knowledgeable in many fields of study |
| b. (as modifier): a generalist profession | |
| 2. | ecology Compare specialist an organism able to utilize many food sources and therefore able to flourish in many habitats |
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Generalist
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Medical Dictionary
generalist gen·er·al·ist (jěn'ər-ə-lĭst)
n.
A physician whose practice is not oriented in a specific medical specialty but instead covers a variety of medical problems.
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Example sentences
We don't need innumerate politically-slanted generalist mediators filtering ideas for us.
The ministry's hiring preferences get it the type of officials it wants--predominantly, generalist administrators.
Generally widespread and common, this species is a generalist feeding in more open areas and wooded savannas.
The word generalist as it is used by intelligence people has no fixed and useful meaning.
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