respecialization
respecialization noun: the act or process of specializing again in a different way, especially in a different field or domain.
Noun
respecialization (countable and uncountable, plural respecializations)
- The act or process of specializing again in a different way, especially in a different field or domain.
- The process of specializing general roots, which is so much more prominent in the historical period of language than the process of generalization, is often only a respecialization of roots, at first special, then general, and at last special once more.1887, Friedrich Max Müller, The Science of Thought, volume 2, Scribner, page 388
- Proposals dealt with revision of personnel policies, career change options, support systems for faculty facing termination, exchange of faculty with other institutions, and respecialization in new or related subjects in order to meet needs of institutions and students in the 1980's.1979, United States. Bureau of Corporations, Herbert Knox Smith, Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Tobacco Industry, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 17
Forms of respecialization
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Origin of respecialization
From re- + specialization.
Questions about respecialization
- What does respecialization mean?
- Respecialization means the act or process of specializing again in a different way, especially in a different field or domain.
- What part of speech is respecialization?
- Respecialization is a noun.
- What is the plural of respecialization?
- The plural of respecialization is respecializations.
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