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com·par·a·tist

(kəm-păr′ə-tĭst)

A person who employs the comparative method, as in studying literature.

[French comparatiste, from comparative, comparative, from comparer, to compare; see compare.]

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comparatist

(kəmˈpærəˌtɪst) or

comparativist

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who carries out comparative studies, esp a student of comparative literature or comparative linguistics

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Adam Kirsch. The Global Novel: Writing the World in the 21st Century

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MacPhail's book demonstrates how crucial it is for scholars to move beyond their disciplinary silos to undertake comparatist and transnational research.

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