Teacherness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being a teacher who is proficient at teaching rare, uncountable
"Methods of staffing and staff utilization in most public schools suggest that there is a quality—called "teacherness," perhaps—which, when a person becomes a teacher, overrides all his individuating qualities."
Example
More examples"Methods of staffing and staff utilization in most public schools suggest that there is a quality—called "teacherness," perhaps—which, when a person becomes a teacher, overrides all his individuating qualities."
Etymology
From teacher + -ness.
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