Professionalization

//pɹəˌfɛʃn̩əlʌɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of professionalizing, or becoming professional. countable, uncountable

    "Their relative success formalized the idea of law enforcement for payment, and helped accelerate the professionalization of policing."

  2. 2
    the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood wordnet

Synonyms

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professionalisation

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"Their relative success formalized the idea of law enforcement for payment, and helped accelerate the professionalization of policing."

Etymology

From professionalize + -ation.

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