professoriate
Americannoun
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a group of professors.
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the office or post of professor.
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all of the academicians in a given place, as at an educational institution or in a country.
noun
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a group of professors
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Also called (esp Brit): professorship. the rank or position of university professor
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of professoriate
1855–60; professori(al) ( def. ) + -ate 3
Example Sentences
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“The professoriate is, and has remained, accessible disproportionately to the socioeconomically privileged,” she and her colleagues wrote.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2022
“This will help us diversify the workforce, the professoriate, and that is such a major challenge in America right now,” he said in an interview.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2022
At the same time, I wondered whether the series, which premieres Friday, could authentically represent the professoriate, particularly the plight of women of color.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2021
The American professoriate shouldn’t gear their courses exclusively to students who are so bright and motivated they could learn the material on their own.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2015
Huxley has well said that "Darwin found on board the "Beagle" that which neither the pedagogues of Shrewsbury, nor the professoriate of Edinburgh, nor the tutors of Cambridge had managed to give him."
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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