Meaning & use
Pantologist
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A person who claims or attempts comprehensive knowledge of all branches of learning.
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The eccentric professor styled himself a pantologist, lecturing on everything from astronomy to zoology.
No true pantologist exists today, given how vast and specialized modern knowledge has become.
A note on using this word
"Pantologist" comes from Greek pan- ("all") and -logy ("study"), reflecting an ambitious, now largely outdated, nineteenth-century ideal of universal knowledge.
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