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EXPERTNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expertness mean?
• EXPERTNESS (noun)
The noun EXPERTNESS has 1 sense:
1. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
Familiarity information: EXPERTNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
expertise; expertness
Hypernyms ("expertness" is a kind of...):
skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expertness"):
professionalism (the expertness characteristic of a professional person)
sophistication (being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject)
Derivation:
expert (having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude)
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