| NOUN | person | Renaissance man, generalist | a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests |
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| person | Renaissance man | a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics |
| Meaning | A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests. | |
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| Synonym | generalist | |
| Broader | scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student | A learned person (especially in the humanities) |
| Opposite | specialist, specializer, specialiser | An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning |
| Meaning | A scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics. | |
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| Broader | scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student | A learned person (especially in the humanities) |
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