Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood;
- Example: "the professionalization of American sports"- Example: "the professionalization of warfare"[syn: professionalization, professionalisation]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
professionalization
n 1: the social process whereby people come to engage in an
activity for pay or as a means of livelihood; "the
professionalization of American sports"; "the
professionalization of warfare" [syn:
professionalization, professionalisation]