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professionalization

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  • noun The act or process of professionalizing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

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Examples

  • This assumption has it backwards, because mass professionalization is an oxymoron; a professional class implies a minority of members.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • This assumption has it backwards, because mass professionalization is an oxymoron; a professional class implies a minority of members.

    Wisest Thing I’ve Read Today 2009

  • I’d like to second Jim (#43) and say that over-professionalization is an enormous problem.

    Matthew Yglesias » Newspapers Without Profits 2009

  • Yet professionalization is a pyrrhic victory: We’ve won the battle but lost the war.

    I Killed Literature « Gerry Canavan 2008

  • And the history of liberal arts education suggests that many professors would like to keep it that way-a big part of the debates over general education curricula (here and elsewhere) have to do with the question of "relevance" or "professionalization" - with many defenders of traditional general education programs resisting the call to make their programs more relevant.

    Inside Higher Ed 2010

  • And the history of liberal arts education suggests that many professors would like to keep it that way-a big part of the debates over general education curricula (here and elsewhere) have to do with the question of "relevance" or "professionalization" - with many defenders of traditional general education programs resisting the call to make their programs more relevant.

    Inside Higher Ed 2010

  • Visit Wired to see the rest of this study, which outlines how technology has lead to the "professionalization" of sex work.

    Sex Workers Turn To Facebook To Recruit Customers The Huffington Post 2011

  • This chapter of climate and energy advocacy was marked by an unprecedented "professionalization," with new resources underwriting polling and campaign-style infrastructure that served many important purposes.

    Gillian Caldwell: An open letter from 1Sky to all people and organizations working to combat global warming 2010

  • This chapter of climate and energy advocacy was marked by an unprecedented "professionalization," with new resources underwriting polling and campaign-style infrastructure that served many important purposes.

    Betsy Taylor: An open letter to all people and organizations working to combat global warming 2010

  • This chapter of climate and energy advocacy was marked by an unprecedented "professionalization," with new resources underwriting polling and campaign-style infrastructure that served many important purposes.

    Betsy Taylor: An open letter to all people and organizations working to combat global warming 2010

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