as in genius
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someone who knows a lot about many different things
She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences.
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Recent Examples of polymath
Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Toth’s character does draw upon real historical figures for inspiration, most prominently two fellow Hungarian Jewish refugees: architect and designer Marcel Breuer and polymath Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
—Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
These included Donato Bramante (the architect whose original plan for St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City would inspire Michelangelo) and the painter and polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who frescoed several rooms in the castle.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The late polymath and famously eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes was a businessman, pilot, aerospace engineer, investor, and philanthropist turned recluse who was once the richest man in the world.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Even polymath Leonardo da Vinci was subject to this arrangement.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Toth’s character does draw upon real historical figures for inspiration, most prominently two fellow Hungarian Jewish refugees: architect and designer Marcel Breuer and polymath Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
—Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
These included Donato Bramante (the architect whose original plan for St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City would inspire Michelangelo) and the painter and polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who frescoed several rooms in the castle.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The late polymath and famously eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes was a businessman, pilot, aerospace engineer, investor, and philanthropist turned recluse who was once the richest man in the world.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polymath
Noun
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Give people multiple ways to experience your genius.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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There are so many shows and movies that have loaded casts, are written and directed by geniuses, marketed by billion-dollar companies and something doesn’t work and people don’t watch.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Read: Comedy’s most erudite buffoon Mulaney has many advantages at Netflix that his conventional-television peers don’t, however.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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In class that morning, I’d been called on to sight-translate a handful of lines by Gaius Valerius Catullus, the first-century-B.C.E. poet who, the professor had warned us, was among the most erudite and sophisticated, the most doctus, of all Roman writers.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On the way: indie-folk songwriter Lissie (Sunday, May 18), Philly rockers Low Cut Connie (Tuesday, Sep. 30), and art-rock virtuoso Destroyer (Sunday, Oct. 19).—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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The virtuoso made his solo stage debut at Lollapalooza Hobipalooza on July 31, 2022 an hour-long showcase of his skills as a seasoned entertainer, performing tracks from Jack in the Box, his mixtape Hope World, and various BTS albums.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ensuring that our state’s children are literate has a profound impact on Illinois’ future workforce, economy and safety.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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This makes one wish that policymakers (and others among the intellectual elite) were far more literate in economics.—
Richard Lorenc,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Can your brain be trained to become a chart-predicting wizard?—
Dividend Channel,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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See It, Feel It, Buy It Six years after The Who released Tommy, the British rockers followed it with a 1975 film starring Roger Daltrey as the titular pinball wizard.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.—
Cyril Labbé,
The Conversation,
31 Jan. 2025
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Federal law prohibits universities from discussing individual students' disciplinary records, but the University takes these violations of our rules and scholarly norms seriously.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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However, many people do not fully appreciate how academic inquiry, research, and scholarship are embedded within their daily lives.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Trinity College is an excellent academic institution where my mom obtained her master’s degree.—
Nikos Mohammadi,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In shades of pink and purple, plus black, cream, and sage, Hunter’s Elana clog features a 1.75-inch heel height, shock-absorbing footbeds, and water-resistant rubbery upper for dewy mornings and drizzly dog walks.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
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Red or orange tubular flowers attract hummingbirds, as do natives like honeysuckle, bee balm, and hummingbird sage, which are rich with nectar.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Polymath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polymath. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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