craftspersonship
nounUK /ˈkɹæftspɜːsənʃɪp/
Etymology From craftsperson + -ship, on the pattern of craftsmanship.
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The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
- The carpenter’s role – like that of a story told 1900 years earlier – is not to craft, for in his craftspersonship he is faulty, but to comprehend.1935, Arts Magazine, Art Digest Inc., page 140:
- This artisanship or craftspersonship was the sort of Enlightenment activity extolled by Diderot in the eighteenth century.2001: Stephen Gudeman, The Anthropology of Economy: Community, Market, and Culture, page 115 (Blackwell Publishing)
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- The olive too they say belongs to this pioneeress, and craftspersonship, plus many arts and crafts are this inventress’s.2007: John Henderson, The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville, page 205 (Cambridge University Press)
- Related terms
- craftsmanship, craftswomanship