professionalization

English

Alternative forms

• professionalisation

Etymology

From professionalize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˌfɛʃn̩əlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

professionalization (countable and uncountable, plural professionalizations)

1. The act or process of professionalizing, or becoming professional. [from 20th c.]
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 64:

     Their relative success formalized the idea of law enforcement for payment, and helped accelerate the professionalization of policing.

Translations

act pr process

• Catalan: professionalització f
• Finnish: ammatillistuminen, ammattimaistuminen, professionaalistuminen
• French: professionnalisation (fr) f
• Galician: profesionalización f
• German: Professionalisierung (de) f
• Italian: professionalizzazione (it) f
• Portuguese: profissionalização f
• Slovak: profesionalizácia
• Spanish: profesionalización f
• Swedish: professionalisering c