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Definition of "generalism" [generalism]

  • Generalization: lack of specialization. (noun)

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Use "generalism" in a sentence
  • "What Matt does, by his generalism, is open up the field for discussion on so many radically different topics that the Yglesias blog has been the first stop for me for years."
  • "In the past, the core of my personal branding goal revolved around positioning myself as being an expert in creative generalism, which is kind of a bullshit way of saying jack-of-all-trades except with just a little more focus and polish."
  • "IN SPITE of all the common "generalism" of the Communist cadre and the confusion official, the latter never believed what the former holds as an article of faith: that one of the reasons for demeaning expertise is the need to erase the distinction — a crucial Confucian distinction — between mental and physical labor."
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