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specialism|ˈspɛʃəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. special a. + -ism.]
1. Restriction or devotion to a special branch of study or research; limitation to one department or aspect of a subject.
1856J. Grote in Cambr. Ess. II. 88 The question of professionalism, or specialism, in education. 1876Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 212 This divarication into specialism..is a sign of an old..condition of study and practice. 1891Lancet 3 Oct. 773 This is the true remedy for the evils of specialism [in medicine].
2. With a and pl. A special study or investigation; an instance of specializing. Also, a specialized area of knowledge or work; a professional or academic field.
1868Lancet 8 Aug. 171 Medicine is a specialism; but of no narrow kind. 1884Athenæum 7 June 720/2 Hence the book is one of specialisms. The specialisms, however, do not lapse into mere technicalities. 1891Daily News 9 Apr. 3/5 To do it, the work must be made a specialism. 1937L. Mumford in F. Mackenzie Planned Society p. vii, Specialists..cannot plan: for planning involves the job of coordinating specialisms, focussing them in common fields of knowledge, and canalizing them in appropriate channels of commom action. 1950[see expertise]. 1967Times Rev. Industry May 125/2 These [sc. technical specifications] can be prepared in a fashion likely to impress a group of people of different specialisms, including operating managers, engineers, finance officers and scientists. 1977Antiquaries Jrnl. LVII. 342 But why did the Americanist W. M. Bray find it so difficult to extract a subject from his own specialism? |