non-professionaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnɒnprəˈfɛʃn̩(ə)l/,

/ˌnɒnprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˌnɑnprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/,

/ˌnɑnprəˈfɛʃn(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, professional adj.

Etymology: < non- prefix + professional adj.

A. adj.

That is not professional; that does not relate to or is not employed in a (usually specified) profession; relating to or engaged in an activity which is not a person's main paid occupation. Also: relating to or engaged in a paid occupation that does not require advanced knowledge or training.

ΚΠ

1825 Lancet 19 Feb. 103/1 The Hunterian Oration..was delivered..before the assembled College of Surgeons, and some non-professional visitors.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xxii. 156 Among readers as non-professional as myself.

1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXXI. 91/2 He did not lecture as regius professor, but continued the practice of his predecessor of giving courses of non-professional lectures on anatomy and physiology.

1959 Sociometry 22 317 Correlations for the same variables are presented for non-supervisory personnel, both professional and non-professional.

1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo i. 30 I would not..ask you to report to me on..your patient's liver... On his general state of mind, however, and of that of his entourage..those are matters, I feel, of a non-professional nature.

1997 Sight & Sound Jan. 48/3 The vitality and spontaneity of the mainly non-professional cast remind the viewer of an earlier Italian tradition.

B. n.

A non-professional person; a person who is not employed in a (usually specified) profession.

ΚΠ

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xviii. 328 They enjoyed about equally the mysterious privilege of medical reputation... Regarding themselves as Middlemarch institutions, they were ready to combine against all innovators, and against non-professionals given to interference.

1916 Sci. Monthly 2 595 He would not have considered himself a physician, but in the most important sense of being a teacher of health he stands among the first of that goodly company of non-professionals: Plato, Cervantes, [etc.].

1964 Industr. & Labor Relations Rev. 17 523/1 The professional claims autonomy, the right to decide how his function is to be performed, and to be free from restrictions by non-professionals.

1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus v. 85 These debates often strike non-professionals as a bit ridiculous—a sign, perhaps, that taxonomy is more wordplay than science.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	non-professional
释义	non-professionaladj.n. Brit. /ˌnɒnprəˈfɛʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌnɒnprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌnɑnprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/, /ˌnɑnprəˈfɛʃn(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, professional adj. Etymology: < non- prefix + professional adj. A. adj. That is not professional; that does not relate to or is not employed in a (usually specified) profession; relating to or engaged in an activity which is not a person's main paid occupation. Also: relating to or engaged in a paid occupation that does not require advanced knowledge or training. ΚΠ 1825 Lancet 19 Feb. 103/1 The Hunterian Oration..was delivered..before the assembled College of Surgeons, and some non-professional visitors. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xxii. 156 Among readers as non-professional as myself. 1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXXI. 91/2 He did not lecture as regius professor, but continued the practice of his predecessor of giving courses of non-professional lectures on anatomy and physiology. 1959 Sociometry 22 317 Correlations for the same variables are presented for non-supervisory personnel, both professional and non-professional. 1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo i. 30 I would not..ask you to report to me on..your patient's liver... On his general state of mind, however, and of that of his entourage..those are matters, I feel, of a non-professional nature. 1997 Sight & Sound Jan. 48/3 The vitality and spontaneity of the mainly non-professional cast remind the viewer of an earlier Italian tradition. B. n. A non-professional person; a person who is not employed in a (usually specified) profession. ΚΠ 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xviii. 328 They enjoyed about equally the mysterious privilege of medical reputation... Regarding themselves as Middlemarch institutions, they were ready to combine against all innovators, and against non-professionals given to interference. 1916 Sci. Monthly 2 595 He would not have considered himself a physician, but in the most important sense of being a teacher of health he stands among the first of that goodly company of non-professionals: Plato, Cervantes, [etc.]. 1964 Industr. & Labor Relations Rev. 17 523/1 The professional claims autonomy, the right to decide how his function is to be performed, and to be free from restrictions by non-professionals. 1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus v. 85 These debates often strike non-professionals as a bit ridiculous—a sign, perhaps, that taxonomy is more wordplay than science. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1825
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