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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Doctor of Philosophy mean?
• DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (noun)
The noun DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY has 1 sense:
1. a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge
Familiarity information: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Doctor of Philosophy" is a kind of...):
doctor's degree; doctorate (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Doctor of Philosophy"):
Ph.D.; PhD (a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study)
DPhil (a British doctorate)
Context examples
The Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services is a postgraduate degree in areas of specialization addressing social challenges within the health care field.
(Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services, NCI Thesaurus)
The Doctor of Philosophy degree is the highest academic degree awarded in recognition of creative scholarship and research in a field of study.
(Doctor of Philosophy, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a research degree, involving the publication of an original contribution to scholarship in the form of a dissertation, that is for most purposes the equivalent of a Doctor of Philosophy in Theology or a similar discipline.
(Doctor of Theology, NCI Thesaurus)
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