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  • noun Plural form of encyclopedist.

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Examples

  • Of the three Latin encyclopedists, only Vincent included such a section, but in doing so, quoted directly from each of the Arabic authors; Spec.

    A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

  • Wow, systems and system functionings are all important to encyclopedists, which is what these "doctors" are--observers, writing down every aspect of a structure, starting with its whole and deevolving back through its structures within structures and the functioning systems within those structures--or that big structure Comte used Sociology to explain society in France before and after the Revolution--its theological structure; its metaphysical or humanitarian structure, and its scientific structure--the structural ironworks of that which should have led to great positive feelings in France after the Napoleonic era.

    Among the Simple The Daily Growler 2006

  • He admired the philosophers and encyclopedists who had in recent decades made such an impact in Europe, and he agreed with some of their liberal ideas.

    'Island Beneath the Sea' 2010

  • Suppose scholars the world over were to learn of a serious online encyclopedia effort in which the results were not proprietary to the encyclopedists, but were freely distributable under an open content license in virtually any desired medium.

    The Hive 2006

  • Suppose scholars the world over were to learn of a serious online encyclopedia effort in which the results were not proprietary to the encyclopedists, but were freely distributable under an open content license in virtually any desired medium.

    The Hive 2006

  • Since the Catholic Encyclopedia is a niche encyclopedia, it would require looking at the context in which it was written, namely, in the context of what would have been generally recognized by educated Catholics of the sort had in view by the encyclopedists in 1917; in the context of the article, the natural approach would also be to look at Bacon and Arnold, to whom the article explicitly refers on this point.

    Do Atheists Exist? Sean 2008

  • One must conclude that the encyclopedists are not “thinking men.”

    Do Atheists Exist? Sean 2008

  • As with many encyclopedists and lexicographers, Roget probably considered his labors to be in part a philanthropic endeavor.

    A Taxonomy of Knowledge 2006

  • Bacon and Arnold correctly point out that this strong form of atheism is a straw man, * and the encyclopedists appear to accept this, then immediately turn around and try to argue against it.

    Do Atheists Exist? Sean 2008

  • The encyclopedists, Diderot at their head; the physiocrates, Turgot at their head; the philosophers,

    Les Miserables 2008

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