What is another word for specialization?
Synonyms for specialization
spe·cial·iza·tion
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Wiktionary
specializationnoun
Antonyms:
abstraction, generalizationspecializationnoun
Antonyms:
generalization, abstraction
Princeton's WordNet
specialization, specialisationnoun
the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose
Synonyms:
differentiation, specialism, specialty, specialisation, specialityspecialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialismnoun
the special line of work you have adopted as your career
"his specialization is gastroenterology"
Synonyms:
specialty, differentiation, long suit, specialness, metier, peculiarity, specialisation, specialism, strong point, speciality, strength, strong suit, distinctiveness, fortespecialization, specialisation, differentiationnoun
(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
"cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
Synonyms:
differentiation, specialism, specialty, specialisation, speciality, distinction
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "specialization":
specialisation, specialty, specialties, expertise, specialities, speciality, professionalization, specialist, honours
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2814 | strength | |
#3138 | specialist | |
#3319 | specialty | |
#4016 | expertise | |
#8137 | distinction | |
#9333 | specialties | |
#12348 | differentiation | |
#12636 | honours | |
#15863 | specialization | |
#18215 | speciality | |
#18726 | forte | |
#34486 | specialisation | |
#35310 | specialities | |
#63317 | distinctiveness | |
#70790 | peculiarity | |
#74359 | specialism | |
#114291 | professionalization | |
#182211 | metier | |
#203813 | specialness |
How to use specialization in a sentence?
Robert Heinlein, The voice of Lazarus Long:
Specialization is for insects.
The very end of that evolutionary history of specialization is something like a flower.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
There is a preponderance of them here, and what we think is this is perhaps a specialization site, where they were working hides. And that is indicative of a very cognitively advanced sort of society.
This is a function of how economies have evolved and diversified, you see over time different areas of specialization around the country.
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