mentorship

English

Etymology

From mentor +‎ -ship.

Noun

mentorship (countable and uncountable, plural mentorships)

1. The role or state of being a mentor.
   • 2013, Mike Doiron, Thread of Life: An Adoption Story, →ISBN, page 74:

     The mentorships were plenty, starting with Brian Derdall, a sort of rain-man genius in Engineering, along with T-man the technology guru, new hire peers Alex and Joel, and my new senior co-workers Ivan, Robert, and a sort of management mentor John.

   • 2022 November 29, Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Must I Mentor a White Law Student When I Requested a Black Mentee?”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     In some mentorship programs, the mentees get a say in whom they will be paired with. A mentee may be drawn to make certain connections based on a sense of their professional influence.

Derived terms

• e-mentorship

Translations

state of being a mentor

• Catalan: mentoria (ca) f
• Russian: наставничество (ru) n (nastavničestvo)
• Spanish: mentoría f
• Swedish: mentorskap n

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