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avocational, a.|ævəˈkeɪʃənəl|
[f. avocation + -al.]
Of or pertaining to an avocation, hobby, or leisure-time pursuit; that occupies one's leisure; existing apart from or in addition to one's regular occupation.
1940D. E. Super (title) Avocational interest patterns. 1947J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpture xi. 357 Soap is an inexpensive, readily available and easily worked material that is steadily gaining in popularity as a wholesome and interesting avocational carving medium. 1949R. K. Merton Social Theory vi. 163 Their [sc. intellectuals'] activities may be vocational or avocational... The fact that John Stuart Mill spent many years in the India Office does not rule him out as an intellectual. 1966L. & G. Poole One Passion, Two Loves 7 The introduction..concluded many years of avocational study.., and marked the beginning of purposeful research for the writing of One Passion, Two Loves. 1979Sci. Amer. Apr. 19/1 Physicists with an avocational interest in the martial arts.
Hence avoˈcationally adv.
1952Gerth & Martindale tr. Weber's Anc. Judaism xv. 393 The..rabbi..exercising his function as advisor and counsel in matters of ritual avocationally, that is, alongside his secular occupation. 1986N.Y. Times 16 Mar. vi. ii. 69/1 We who deal avocationally with anthropophagi, such as sharks, endeavor to cut our losses by calculating our risks. |