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graduateness

noun

Etymology

From graduate + -ness.

  1. derived from graduātus
  2. inherited from graduat — “(noun) a graduate of a university; (adjective) graduate, having graduated”
  3. suffixed as graduateness — “graduate + ness”

Definitions

  1. Generic qualities that might be expected of any graduate.

    • The most promising approach to establishing shared, explicit standards seems to lie in exploring the generic qualities that might be expected of any graduate — this has come to be called 'graduateness'.
    • Some of the traditional properties of graduateness have more to do with the experience of being a student than with the education received.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA