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deprofessionalize

[ dee-pruh-fesh-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

deprofessionalized, deprofessionalizing.
  1. to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.
  2. to cause to appear or become unprofessional; discredit or deprive of professional status:

    a campaign to deprofessionalize the nation's doctors.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deprofessionalize1

First recorded in 1880–85; de- + professionalize
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As the experience of California and other states has shown, they tend to deprofessionalize the legislature.

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San Francisco’s new law set out to deprofessionalize the activity that takes place on Airbnb while still allowing people to make some extra cash by renting out their own homes.

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College and university faculty allow these well-meaning young people to become pawns in a massive game to deprofessionalize teaching.

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He and his beach-bum cohort may be participating in a fad of their own, but their music and defiant slouchiness also suggest a campaign to deprofessionalize indie-rock: to rough up its edges, slur its speech, and get it so stoned that it sleeps through its job interview.

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