DENIS DIDEROT Synonyms

• a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

• anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something

• someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments

• a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

• (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

• a person who compiles information for encyclopedias

• a writer of literary works

• appealing to or using the intellect

• involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

• a person who uses the mind creatively

• of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

• a specialist in philosophy

• a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

• a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

• someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

• a student who holds a scholarship

• an important intellectual

• someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

• writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

• a person who is able to write and has written something

• French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784)