PROFESSIONALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does professionalization mean? 

• PROFESSIONALIZATION (noun)
  The noun PROFESSIONALIZATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PROFESSIONALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROFESSIONALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

professionalisation; professionalization

Context example:

the professionalization of warfare

Hypernyms ("professionalization" is a kind of...):

social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)

Derivation:

professionalize (make professional or give a professional character to)

professionalize (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)