privatdocent

or pri·vat·do·zent

[ pree-vaht-doh-tsent ]

noun

1. (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.

Privatdocent

/ priˈvaːtdoˈtsɛnt /

noun

1. (esp in German-speaking countries) a university lecturer who formerly received fees from his students rather than a university salary

Word History and Origins

Origin of privatdocent¹

1880–85; < German Privatdocent; private, docent

Word History and Origins

Origin of privatdocent¹

German, from privat private + docent (for Dozent lecturer) from Latin docēre to teach

Example Sentences

About 1875, Dr. E. Dühring, privatdocent at Berlin University, suddenly and rather clamorously announced his conversion to Socialism, and presented the German public not only with an elaborate Socialist theory, but also with a complete practical plan for the reorganization of society.

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In 1852 he graduated LL.D. at Berlin; in 1857 he became a Privatdocent, and in 1860 he was nominated a professor extraordinary.

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After studying for some time at Halle, he in 1824 settled as Privatdocent in philosophy at that university, and in the following year was appointed extraordinary professor of theology at Marburg.

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In 1856 he took the degree of doctor of philosophy at Bonn, and in 1858 settled as privatdocent in German literature and languages at Kiel, where, in 1866, he was made professor, and where he lived until his death on the 1st of June 1899.

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The historico-political papers, however, charged him with denying the mysteries of Christianity, rejecting the traditional theology, etc., and Clemens, a privatdocent of philosophy in Bonn, became the mouthpiece of this party.

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