scientist

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəntəst/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

Etymology

Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in March 1834 in an anonymous review of Mary Somerville's book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences in the Quarterly Review as a suggested replacement for, and later seriously introduced by him in 1840 (see the quotation) as a more precise substitute for, the terms natural philosopher and man of science. Modeled after artist, from the Latin stem scientia (“knowledge”) + -ist.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
person
Narrower (hyponyms)
research worker, medical scientist, radiologic technologist, microscopist, bibliotist, computer scientist

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