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Noun: professionalisation  pru'fe-shu-nu-lI,zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: professionalization)
  1. The social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
    "the professionalisation of American sports";
    - professionalization

Type of: social process

Encyclopedia: Professionalisation

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