non-specialists
Those without expertise
People who lack specialized training or expertise in a particular field.
Non-specialists are the general audience that technical writers must consider: The article was written for non-specialists.
A non-specialist explanation avoids jargon and assumes no prior knowledge of the subject.
Those outside a profession
- outsidersThose not belonging
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- generalistsThose with broad expertise
- untrainedLacking learned skills
inexperienced · uninformed · casual · dilettantes · dabblers · non-experts · non-professionals · everyday people
Available to all
- laypeopleThose outside a profession
- general publicPeople as a whole
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- consumersThose who buy goods
citizens · readers · viewers · listeners · users · followers · patrons · clients
Inexperienced newcomers
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
- traineesPeople being instructed
- apprenticesNovices learning a craft
learners · students · newcomers · newbies · fledglings · greenhorns · recruits · interns
laypeople
Those outside a profession
- outsidersThose not belonging
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- generalistsThose with broad expertise
untrained · inexperienced · uninformed · casual · dilettantes · dabblers · non-experts · non-professionals · everyday people · ordinary people
public
Available to all
- laypeopleThose outside a profession
- general publicPeople as a whole
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
consumers · citizens · readers · viewers · listeners · users · followers · patrons · clients · customers
novices
Inexperienced newcomers
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
- traineesPeople being instructed
apprentices · learners · students · newcomers · newbies · fledglings · greenhorns · recruits · interns · initiates
- non-expertsamateurs, beginners, novices, laypeople, non-experts
non-specialistsspecialists
Focused field authorities
experts · professionals · authorities · masters · subject matter experts
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