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generalist

 
Dictionary: gen·er·al·ist   (jĕn'ər-ə-lĭst) pronunciation
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n.
One who has broad general knowledge and skills in several areas.


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Business Dictionary: Generalist
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Person with many abilities and interests or whose job description contains many varied duties. Contrasts with Specialist.

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A physician whose practice is not oriented in a specific medical specialty but instead covers a variety of medical problems.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
  Synonym: Renaissance man
  Antonym: specialist (meaning #1)

 
 

 

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