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n. - A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests.

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  • A statistician has to be something of a generalist
  • That may be the first time I've ever been called a generalist without a sneer in the tone.
  • And he is a generalist, which is another way of saying he knows more and more about less and less!
  • They're a species we call a generalist, so they are able to exploit the habitats that are available, even in close proximity to humans. "
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