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antiprofessional en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + professional.

Meanings

  1. Opposing professionals, or the treatment of something as a profession.
  2. (euphemistic) Opposing prostitution, or prostitutes; antiprostitution.

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more antiprofessional Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most antiprofessional Degree=Sup lexicographic

antiprofessional en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + professional.

Meanings

  1. One who opposes professionals, or the treatment of something as a profession.
    • If polygraphers have thrived, it is because they are consummate antiprofessionals... 2008, Jan Widacki, European Polygraph n.3 2008/1, page 9:
    • Fish is especially critical of the “antiprofessionals,” a group of academics who bridle against the hierarchical, self-perpetuating, and isolated nature of the universities in which they work. 1990, Columbia Law Review, volume 90, numbers 5-8, page 1455:

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antiprofessionals Number=Plur lexicographic