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profession — ► NOUN 1) a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification. 2) (treated as sing. or pl. ) a body of people engaged in a profession. 3) an open but typically false claim. 4) a declaration of belief in a religion. ●… … English terms dictionary
profession — professionless, n. /preuh fesh euhn/, n. 1. a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Cf. learned profession. 2. any vocation or business. 3. the body of persons engaged in an occupation … Universalium
False Mirrors — infobox Book | name = False Mirrors title orig = Фальшивые зеркала translator = image caption = Russian edition cover author = Sergei Lukyanenko cover artist = country = Russia language = Russian series = The Labyrinth trilogy genre = Cyberpunk… … Wikipedia
profession — noun 1》 a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification. ↘[treated as sing. or plural] a body of people engaged in a profession. 2》 an open but typically false claim: a profession of allegiance. 3》 a… … English new terms dictionary
profession — /prəˈfɛʃən / (say pruh feshuhn) noun 1. a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science, especially one of the three vocations of theology, law, and medicine (formerly known specifically as the professions or the learned… …
Fifth Profession — The Fifth Profession is a 1990 novel by David Morrell. It features the characters Savage and Akira, executive protectors no mere bodyguard [s] but... state of the art defender [s] , an occupation also known as the fifth profession .Savage and… … Wikipedia
legal profession — Introduction vocation that is based on expertise in the law and in its applications. Although there are other ways of defining the profession, this simple definition may be best, despite the fact that in some countries there are several… … Universalium
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag — Infobox short story | name = The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag title orig = translator = author = Robert A. Heinlein country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction short story published in = Unknown Worlds,… … Wikipedia
pretense — pretenseful, adj. pretenseless, adj. /pri tens , pree tens/, n. 1. pretending or feigning; make believe: My sleepiness was all pretense. 2. a false show of something: a pretense of friendship. 3. a piece of make believe. 4. the act of pretending… … Universalium
hypocrisy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deceit, dissembling, pretense, falsity, insincerity; sanctimony, cant, Phariseeism. See falsehood, impiety. Ant., honesty, sincerity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quackery, casuistry, pharisaism,… … English dictionary for students
