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universitylike

universitylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a university.

Adjective

universitylike (comparative more universitylike, superlative most universitylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a university.
    • No independent conservatory, in the past or present, has a universitylike system of tenure. Neither do conservatories have professorship hierarchies […]2002, Andrea Olmstead, Juilliard: a history

Forms of universitylike

comparativemore universitylike
superlativemost universitylike

Origin of universitylike

From university + -like.

Questions about universitylike

What does universitylike mean?
Universitylike means resembling or characteristic of a university.
What part of speech is universitylike?
Universitylike is an adjective.

Words near universitylike in the dictionary

  1. university professor
  2. university professors
  3. university town
  4. university towns
  5. universityless
  6. universitylike
  7. universityship
  8. universitywide
  9. universological
  10. universologist
  11. universologists

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