Professorship

Q: What is a synonym for "professorship"?

Common synonyms include: academic post, cathedra, chair, donor funded professorship, endowed chair, faculty appointment.

noun

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Noun

1
The office of a professor.
"And as regards histories of art, they are quite valueless to you unless you are seeking the ostentatious oblivion of an art professorship."
2
the position of professor wordnet

Synonyms

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academic post cathedra chair donor funded professorship endowed chair faculty appointment

Antonyms

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nonacademic post nonfaculty position unendowed professorship unfunded professorship

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"In Paris his rich host Javal, a famous oculist, offered him a professorship and a salary to direct the movement, He declined. Modest and free: such were his tastes."

Etymology

From professor + -ship.

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