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polyhistoric

adjective

Definition of polyhistoricnext
as in scholarly

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  1. scholarly
  2. erudite
  3. literate
  4. academic
  5. cultivated
  6. cultured
  7. bookish
  8. cerebral
Adjective
  • According to some scholarly media critics, the plethora of popular portrayals of polygamy in the FLDS and related groups transforms the subject into a sensationalist spectacle.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Additionally, The Craft of Living, long available only in a partial, bowdlerized version, has finally been translated in full, by Julian Sachs, with a helpful introduction and scholarly apparatus by Iuri Moscardi.
    — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of scholarly
Adjective
  • But that was long enough for Anthony Hopkins to nab a Best Actor Oscar for his chillingly erudite cannibal in 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Like Dante, Nick Tosches was an undaunted character whose tongue-twisting prose was an iconoclastic mash-up of realism and intricate, erudite lyricism.
    — A.D. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of erudite
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  • The high school grads the state is producing are supposed to be literate persons, but Young and Rosa have undermined that by getting rid of the tests with no replacement standards.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The more emotionally literate approach of Prince William and Prince Harry — and, in recent years, the king — is a legacy of that time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of literate
Adjective
  • Some have academic credentials that would make admission through Harvard’s front door highly unlikely.
    — Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • China is embracing the idea of competition without confrontation, by invoking an academic concept.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of academic
Adjective
  • The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023
Definition of cultivated
Adjective
  • Too obviously the gift of someone trying to seem casually cultured?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • As the war wound down, Olivier was becoming more obsessed with directing, often counting on Leigh as his cultured, measured adviser.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cultured
Adjective
  • In the midst of the festivities, among a crowd of bookish faculty and graduate students, Annie and Wendy convinced an overheated newspaper photographer who’d been sent to cover the event to abandon his turtleneck.
    — Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
  • And of course, in a general sense, many inquisitive artists are as bookish as anyone.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of bookish
Adjective
  • When he was hired in January, the prevailing thought was that the cerebral partnership between McDaniel and Herbert would prove a perfect match.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • As a rock star, Chrissie Hynde has always been a bit of a paradox — gnarly but cerebral, ferocious yet guarded.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of cerebral
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“Polyhistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyhistoric. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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