the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students
Derived forms
vocationalist
noun
Word origin
[1920–25; vocational + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, audio, checkout, montage, zipper-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)
Examples of 'vocationalism' in a sentence
vocationalism
This policy has been prosecuted with zeal under the hurrah label of vocationalism.