Dunce and Renaissance man

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Dunce noun - A stupid person.

Usage example: people with the learning disability dyslexia were once simply dismissed as dunces

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Renaissance man is an antonym for dunce.

Renaissance man noun - A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests.

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Dunce is an antonym for renaissance man.

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