| professionalization | (n) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood, Syn. professionalisation, Example: the professionalization of American sports; the professionalization of warfare |
| professionalize | (v) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood, Syn. professionalise |
| professionalize | (v) make professional or give a professional character to, Syn. professionalise, Example: Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs |
