Malcolm Nance

To help students steel themselves for captivity, SERE used a variety of 'stress and duress' techniques. The military's encyclopedic knowledge of these techniques was paid for in American blood because it was gleaned from former POWs tortured by totalitarian regimes. One technique, waterboarding, was a historically well-known torture.

American Author

Anne Fortier

Even as I pursued a doctorate in the history of ideas in my native Denmark, I realized I had neither the encyclopedic training nor the passion for cool logic - not to mention the nerve - to follow in the footsteps of classical liberal philosophers and economists such as Robert Nozick, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman.

Danish Writer

Thomas P. Campbell

What I am out to do is make sure that the Met continues to be the most exciting encyclopedic museum in the world. I want to sustain the vibrancy that makes it exciting to work here, that makes it exciting for visitors. The art remains central.

Educator

Nate Berkus

It's my job to know what's available from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge.

American Designer

Dean Devlin

John Rogers has an encyclopedic mind. Having John as our showrunner is the gift that keeps on giving. He knows more trivial information than anyone I've ever met in my entire life.

American Director

Erwin McManus

If you come at the Bible as if it's a document of encyclopedic information, you've pretty much killed any kind of life change in a seeker and unbeliever.

Jessica Rothe

The thing that's amazing about working with Chris Landon is that he has such an encyclopedic knowledge of all films in all genres.

American Actress

Jerry Saltz

The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.

American Critic

Ol Parker

Richard Curtis has an encyclopedic knowledge of ABBA, which defeats even mine.

Abba Eban

Israeli Diplomat

Use 'encyclopedic' to describe deep, expert-level knowledge in a field or topic.

Expert Knowledge

'Encyclopedic' suggests impressive, almost exhaustive, attention to details.

Impressive Detail

Indicates a scope that's broad, covering many subjects comprehensively.

Broad Scope

Unlike expert works, 'encyclopedic' often means accessible, broad overviews.

Not Specialist

Useful for describing resources that offer a wide range of information like a toolkit.

Toolkit Reference

'Encyclopedic' can describe both content-rich texts and knowledgeable people.

Versatile Term

 When I came out, I wrote at 10-page encyclopedic document with a zip-file attachment of music and videos that I sent to every single person I came out to. And I kept it in my email signature for months afterwards, because you also don't ever stop coming out. I came out to the accountant helping me with my taxes

How to talk (and listen)...

 what you're talking about is you you went in and you realize that it actually takes work because you're you're studying your subject you're studying somebody but then you look at this picture yeah and you it's not just about an encyclopedic look at who what this

Photographer Finds Hope...

 but of an encyclopedic museum and today a hundred forty years later that vision is as prescient as ever because of course we live in a world of crisis of challenge and we're exposed to it