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1. (n.) encyclopedist
a compiler of or contributor to an encyclopedia.
2. encyclopedist
(often cap.) one of the collaborators on a French encyclopedia published in the 18th century, presenting the views of the Enlightenment.
Etymology: (1645–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) encyclopedist, encyclopaedist
a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
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1. (noun) encyclopedist
the compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences
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1. encyclopedist
generally a man of encyclopedic knowledge, or who conducts or contributes to an encyclopædia; specially one who has, as the French encyclopedists, an overweening, false, and illusory estimate of the moral worth and civilising power of such knowledge. See Carlyle's "Sartor," Bk. I. chap. 10, on the "Encyclopedic Head."
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