polyhistors

Definition of polyhistorsnext
plural of polyhistor

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Noun
  • Private Money, Public Breakthroughs To call Saad Bhamla and his seven co-recipients polymaths is more than flattery.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For these thinkers—including Lewis Terman, who developed the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale—an exclusive gifted classroom logically doubled as a tool of racial and socioeconomic segregation.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Other far more serious thinkers have made versions of it too.
    Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But there are plenty of brains in that brain trust, from Spoelstra to Pat Riley to Andy Elisburg to Adam Simon to Eric Amsler to Keith Askins to Nick Arison to Micky Arison.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • More than 90% of the 376 former NFL players’ brains studied were identified as having this degenerative disease, which is strongly associated with dementia.
    Eleanor M. Perfetto, STAT, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But the reality is that this transformation is the culmination of years of work by niche groups of conservative intellectuals who have long rejected America’s liberal traditions—and now dominate the halls of power.
    Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Said knew that intellectuals must be willing to immerse themselves in the spirit of a movement larger than themselves, must be willing to speak as part of a collective, especially when that collective stands up for the voices of the oppressed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Polyhistors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyhistors. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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