Teacherness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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