PROFESSIONALISM Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

professionalism

noun

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as in expertness

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Recent Examples of professionalism The media in many countries did shift in that period toward a more assertive stance toward government officials and more negative coverage of politicians and political authority with the growth of investigative journalism and critical professionalism in the 1970s. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 This is both a numbers problem and a question of professionalism, officials acknowledge, requiring more training of the Haiti National Police and Haitian Armed Forces. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026 The service Service lands somewhere between polished business-hotel professionalism and genuine warmth. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026 Earlier in his monologue, Kimmel praised Colbert and his team for their professionalism over the years. —

Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for professionalism

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competence

Noun

Research highlighted by Harvard Business Review found that workplace bias frequently shapes how women’s competence and authority are perceived throughout their careers.

— Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
The presiding federal judge, Raag Singhal, has restricted his questioning to the nurse’s lack of competence.

— Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026