deprofessionalize

[dee-pruh-fesh-uh-nl-ahyz]

verb (used with object), de·pro·fes·sion·al·ized, de·pro·fes·sion·al·iz·ing.

to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.

to cause to appear or become unprofessional; discredit or deprive of professional status: a campaign to deprofessionalize the nation's doctors.

Also, especially British, de·pro·fes·sion·al·ise.

Origin:
1880–85; de- + professionalize

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Deprofessionalize has a plethora of syllables.

So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:

opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

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