professionalization
nounUK /pɹəˌfɛʃn̩əlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology From professionalize + -ation.
1
The act or process of professionalizing, or becoming professional.
- Their relative success formalized the idea of law enforcement for payment, and helped accelerate the professionalization of policing.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 64:
- Derived terms
- deprofessionalization, unprofessionalization