professoriat
noun
pro·fes·so·ri·at
ˌprō-fə-ˈsȯr-ē-ət 
ˌprä-,
-ē-ˌat
variants
or professoriate
1
: the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society
2
: the office, duties, or position of a professor
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The professoriat has struggled to demonstrate a connection between the skills cultivated in literature classrooms and those required by the professional-managerial jobs that many students are destined for.
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Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
Schuman’s bildungsromanchannels the weltschmerz of a former wunderkind rejected by the professoriat and exiled to the creative lumpenproletariat.
—Gabriel Roth, Slate Magazine, 16 Feb. 2017
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Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
Schuman’s bildungsromanchannels the weltschmerz of a former wunderkind rejected by the professoriat and exiled to the creative lumpenproletariat.
—Gabriel Roth, Slate Magazine, 16 Feb. 2017
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“Professoriat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professoriat. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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