Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a general or to generalship.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
generalist
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Examples
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Obama cannot use campaign slogans, sound bytes, and generalistic goals when articulating the Afghanistan mission, our objectives, and giving all Americans a clear definition of victory: within a sharply defined time table.
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I come to this website for reviews/interviews etc of fantasy & Sci-fi books, not generalistic fiction.
"The Invisible Bridge" by Julie Orringer (reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2010
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Perhaps his phrase "English bigot" was too generalistic of all bigots who come from England, and perhaps he is invoking a stereotype of this type of bigot, but he was certainly not generalising all English people.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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A lot of it was the same sort of generalistic mumbo-jumbo we have come to expect, but at times he raised his game.
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With a sample of well under 20% of the BBC's Facebookers obviously a self-selecting sub-group of funseekers both C-Home and Mail draw all sorts of generalistic conclusions.
Archive 2007-10-28 2007
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With a sample of well under 20% of the BBC's Facebookers obviously a self-selecting sub-group of funseekers both C-Home and Mail draw all sorts of generalistic conclusions.
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Starostin mixes the two approaches up, both generalistic and detailed, making a big laughable mush that doesn't really signify anything.
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In proof of my generalistic qualities, the rolling down of the water jar upon the heads of the
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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I don't know that anybody has more than a very generalistic view of any football coach out there.
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However this statement does seem to present a more generalistic view of games (though he still mainly discusses violence), leading one to worry that El Presidente might soon take measures to ban game sales entirely.
GameDev.Net 2010
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