polymathy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of polymathy
Example Sentences
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Hayes also had a job in financial services at the time, building on the polymathy and breadth of vision she had developed during her first 11 years in the game.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2022
Outside the constraints of a typical academic syllabus, study unfurls on the teacher’s idiosyncratic terms, and preferences are easily confused with polymathy.
From Slate • May 9, 2022
The proud multihyphenate’s polymathy was evident and nourished from childhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2021
In the 18th century, the conditions of polymathy shifted as intellectuals came to regard the universe less as an animate being and more as a machine.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2020
Oppenheimer’s compulsive polymathy, however, pointed to his one outstanding intellectual flaw: he lacked the patience to make a single subject his own.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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