Definition of "encyclopedists" [encyclopedists]

• Plural form of encyclopedist. (noun)

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