SPECIALISM

specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism

(noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career; “his specialization is gastroenterology”

specialism

(noun) the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

specialism (countable and uncountable, plural specialisms)

(countable) Speciality.

(uncountable) The concentration of one's efforts upon a particular field of study.

Source: Wiktionary


Spe"cial*ism, n.

Definition: Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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