Antiprofessional

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who opposes professionals, or the treatment of something as a profession.

    "Fish is especially critical of the “antiprofessionals,” a group of academics who bridle against the hierarchical, self-perpetuating, and isolated nature of the universities in which they work."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposing professionals, or the treatment of something as a profession.
  2. 2
    Opposing prostitution, or prostitutes; antiprostitution. euphemistic

Example

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"Fish is especially critical of the “antiprofessionals,” a group of academics who bridle against the hierarchical, self-perpetuating, and isolated nature of the universities in which they work."

Etymology

From anti- + professional.

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