Generalists

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One who has broad general knowledge and skills in several areas.

generalist [ˈdʒɛnərəlɪst ˈdʒɛnrə-]

a. a person who is knowledgeable in many fields of study

b. (as modifier) a generalist profession

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Ecology an organism able to utilize many food sources and therefore able to flourish in many habitats Compare specialist [3]

generalist

a person who has knowledge, aptitude, or skill in a variety of areas, as contrasted with a specialist.

See also: Skill and Craft

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Noun

generalist - 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"

Renaissance man

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

specialiser, specialist, specializer - an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

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n → Generalist(in) m(f)

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Bookman Renaissance man scholar scholarly person Skill and Craft specialist student	He believes that modern generalists are characterized not by how much they know but by what they know, and he takes this approach in his examination of how emergence, self-organization and cause can come into existence. Origins of self-organization, emergence and cause by Reference & Research Book News However, almost a third of the organizations preferred generalists to specialists, and one in five bemoaned the lack of generalists by claiming their department or organization would be more effective with more generalists than specialists. Specialist vs. generalist by Tropper, Elisha / Label & Narrow Web Unfortunately, he is probably right in his observation that the ranks of the generalists are thinning. Generalists' Generalisimo by Baumol, William J. / American Economist	General ship general staff general stopping power general store general strike general support general support artillery general support-reinforcing General Synod General term general theory of relativity general unloading period general verdict general war General warrant general will general-purpose general-purpose bomb generalcy Generalia generalisation generalise generalised generalissimo generalist Generalists generality Generalizable generalization generalize generalized generalized anxiety disorder generalized epilepsy generalized other generalized seizure Generalizer generally generally accepted accounting principles Generalness generalship Generalty Generant generate generating generating station generation generation (photography) generation gap Generation X Generation Y generational	Generalísimo de los Ejércitos Españoles Generalísimo de los Ejércitos Españoles Generalisimo Francisco Franco Generalisimo Francisco Franco Generalísimo Francisco Franco Generalísimo Francisco Franco Generalísimo Franco Generalísimo Franco Generalising Generalising Generalising Generalising generalism generalism generalissimo generalissimo Generalissimo Chiang Generalissimo Chiang Generalissimo Francisco Franco Generalissimo Francisco Franco Generalissimo Franco Generalissimo Franco generalissimos generalissimos Generalissimus Generalissimus generalist generalist Generalist Physicians in Training Generalist Provider Research Initiative Generalists Generalitat de Catalunya generalities generalities generality generality Generality Lands generalizability generalizability generalizability generalizable generalizable generalizable generalizable generalization generalization generalization generalization Generalization in Ethics Generalization in Ethics Generalization in Ethics generalization of learning generalization of learning generalization of learning generalization of learning generalizations generalizations generalizations generalizations generalize generalize

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He believes that modern generalists are characterized not by how much they know but by what they know, and he takes this approach in his examination of how emergence, self-organization and cause can come into existence.

Origins of self-organization, emergence and cause by Reference & Research Book News

However, almost a third of the organizations preferred generalists to specialists, and one in five bemoaned the lack of generalists by claiming their department or organization would be more effective with more generalists than specialists.

Specialist vs. generalist by Tropper, Elisha / Label & Narrow Web

Unfortunately, he is probably right in his observation that the ranks of the generalists are thinning.

Generalists' Generalisimo by Baumol, William J. / American Economist

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