polymath
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈpɒlɪˌmæθ/
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polímata
- Leonardo da Vinci is often regarded as a polymath because of his expertise in art, science, and engineering.
Number one is acquiring relationships with polymaths who have mastered multiple things.
- Number one is acquiring relationships with polymaths who have mastered multiple things.
- and alchemist from Prague to Athancius Kercher, a Jesuit scholar and polymath in Rome.
- This is where I turn from polymath into dilettante, dancing on the edge there like edge zones.
- Now my concern is I've got Someone Like You, multidisciplinary polymath James Lindsay, PhD in pure mathematics.
- And then in general, if you're a polymath, don't say it.
- And I have deemed this condition, this disease, polymath induced podcast host paralysis.
- Let's follow his cue and take a closer look at these two, as well as a few other foxy polymaths.
Examples
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Davies turns to the Australian polymath Elton Mayo, who in the 1920s argued that the key to unlocking productivity was actually to increase employee happiness.
Academic text (2016) -
When he died at the age of 84 on February 22, 1976, he was aptly described in The Times as a polymath with distinguished careers in medicine, physical chemistry, social thought, economics, and philosophy.
Academic text (1991) -
Morrison is a bit of a polymath.
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And now Ed Shaw, the polymath professor who changed Tim's life.
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I'm an intentional polymath and range widely across the arts, tech, charities, ideas, and education.
Blog text (6) -
As a self-declared polymath, he picks up a new hobby every month because he gets bored easily.
Blog text (20) -
And he's a polymath and very wise chap, and he's taught me a lot about the paradoxes of life.
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Yusuf al-Khatali is a California-trained artist and animated polymath from whose villa one can see the theater's top tier.
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The young people that we hired today at Conde Nast are fearless polymaths, hard working and passionate, creative and curious.
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the last of Italy's universal geniuses, A polymath who can take his place alongside his hero, Michelangelo.
Synonyms
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A person who knows and works in many different areas
How Knowledgeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
polymath = poly + math
Although the word is historically connected to Greek elements meaning 'many' and 'learned', the base element is not a transparent modern English word for most learners, so the meaning is not directly recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
The word polymath comes from the old Greek parts poly- meaning 'many' and mathē meaning 'learning', and it shares the root with the familiar word math for study. So a polymath is someone who has 'many' kinds of 'learning'.