Graduateness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Generic qualities that might be expected of any graduate. uncountable

    "The most promising approach to establishing shared, explicit standards seems to lie in exploring the generic qualities that might be expected of any graduate — this has come to be called 'graduateness'."

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"The most promising approach to establishing shared, explicit standards seems to lie in exploring the generic qualities that might be expected of any graduate — this has come to be called 'graduateness'."

Etymology

From graduate + -ness.

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