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generalist|ˈdʒɛnərəlɪst|
[f. general a. + -ist.]
One who generalizes. †a. (See quot. 1611.) b. One who devotes himself to general studies (opposed to specialist).
1611Cotgr., s.v. Poil, Fait au poil, & à la plume, a Generalist; one thats fit for, or can make one in, any imployment, or sport. 1894G. Allen in Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 2/1 The man, as a man, is wider, greater, happier, freer, in proportion as he is a generalist rather than a specialist. 1961Economist 2 Dec. 938/1 The complacent belief that a well trained ‘generalist’ could turn his hand to anything. 1961L. Mumford City in Hist. v. 123 Gifted generalists like Aristotle. 1964R. Wilkinson Gentlemanly Power vi. 71 The backbencher was a generalist also; Parliament has made less use of specialized committees than have either the French or American legislature. 1968Listener 26 Sept. 395/2 I've been asking some large questions—when you are a generalist you learn to look towards big patterns.
attrib.1858Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 112 The modern pictures of the generalist school..have nothing else but faults. [Cf. generalize 5.] 1964R. Wilkinson Gentlemanly Power vi. 72 In British bureaucracy, the generalist backgrounds of the top men have shown an interesting relation to professional procedure. 1971Physics Bull. Apr. 231/2 Scheme for an initial two year generalist course for the majority of students backed up by specialist courses for the further studies of the few. |