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encyclopedia
  1. A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
  2. (dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “This is the same encyclopedia, with multimedia additions, that used to take up a huge bookshelf.”
      “The book resembles an encyclopedia, with 3,000 recipes from five other countries in addition to Italy.”
      “He is a walking encyclopedia of names, dates and facts relating to the history of the sport and the Hall of Fame.”
encyclopedist
  1. A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.
  2. A person helping to write an encyclopedia.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, listed a number of such techniques in his Historial Naturalis.”
      “As early as 1748 the Dutch journalist and encyclopedist Egbert Buys reflected on the complexities involved.”
      “This was a scholar, a writer, an encyclopedist of to-morrow who liked the big Scot and to be in his company.”
encyclopedism
encyclopaedicity
  1. Alternative spelling of encyclopedicity
encyclopedicity
  1. The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
encyclopaedist
  1. Alternative spelling of encyclopedist
encyclopaedia
  1. (chiefly Britain, Australia) Alternative spelling of encyclopedia
  2. Examples:
    1. “And in the meantime, I'd have someone hide the medical encyclopaedia and block your access to all medical websites, if at all possible.”
      “He buttonholed me on the subject of crime, and was a spouting encyclopaedia after your own heart.”
      “Featuring a self-help guide and medical encyclopaedia, visitors can diagnose their ailments via an interactive medium.”
encyclopaedian
  1. Alternative form of encyclopedian
encyclopaedism
  1. Alternative form of encyclopedism
encyclopedy
  1. (archaic) encyclopedia
encyclopaedy
  1. (archaic) encyclopedia
encyclopaediae
  1. plural form of encyclopaedia
encyclopaedists
  1. plural of encyclopaedist
encyclopaedians
  1. plural of encyclopaedian
encyclopediae
encyclopaedias
  1. plural of encyclopaedia
  2. Examples:
    1. “It stocks a vast selection of books and magazines going far beyond the expected reference books and encyclopaedias.”
      “However, the names or the nicknames of the authors, unlike print encyclopaedias, do not appear at the bottom of the articles.”
      “Thomas maintained that she did not devour encyclopaedias for breakfast but picked up her knowledge by osmosis.”
encyclopedists
  1. plural of encyclopedist
encyclopedias
  1. plural of encyclopedia
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There were also some dictionaries, encyclopedias and travel books, so I could say that their library was complete.”
      “Students can also access electronic multimedia encyclopedias, library references, and online publications.”
      “She has long been considered the authority on Walker's life and has been a contributor to books, encyclopedias and articles about Walker.”
encyclopaedies
  1. plural of encyclopaedy
encyclopedies
  1. plural of encyclopedy
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