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An open declaration of an opinion or belief is a profession. If you announce that you believe the earth is flat, your profession of this opinion might cause some giggling among your well-educated friends.

Careers that require specialized training or advanced degrees are considered professions. Your parents may want you to go into a profession like the practice of law, but you dream of being a rodeo clown. The collective group of people practicing a profession is also called profession. The medical profession doesn't know what to make of that thing growing out of your foot. You are a medical mystery!

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: profession

1	n	an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
2	n	an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: profession

n an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

Types:: show 19 types...; hide 19 types...; learned profession
one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles; literature
the profession or art of a writer; architecture
the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect; education
the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university); journalism
the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media; politics
the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs; engineering, technology
the practical application of science to commerce or industry; law, practice of law
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; newspapering
journalism practiced for the newspapers; medicine, practice of medicine
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; theology
the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); instruction, pedagogy, teaching
the profession of a teacher; aeronautical engineering
the activity of designing and constructing aircraft; automotive engineering, automotive technology
the activity of designing and constructing automobiles; chemical engineering
the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems; communications technology
the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems; computer technology
the activity of designing and constructing and programming computers; high tech, high technology
highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics); rail technology, railroading
the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads

Type of:: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

n the body of people in a learned occupation

“the news spread rapidly through the medical profession”

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; bar, legal community, legal profession
the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; health profession
the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients; business community, businessmen
the body of individuals who manage businesses; community of scholars
the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees; economics profession
the body of professional economists; priesthood
the body of ordained religious practitioners; medical community, medical profession
the body of individuals who are qualified to practice medicine; nursing
the profession of a nurse; ministry
religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian); rabbinate
rabbis collectively; clergy
in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

Type of:: occupational group, vocation
a body of people doing the same kind of work

n an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

“a profession of disagreement”

Synonyms:: professing

Type of:: affirmation, avouchment, avowal
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

n affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith

“a profession of Christianity”

Type of:: affirmation
(religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)

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