expertism

[ ek-sper-tiz-uhm ]

noun

1. expertness or skill, especially in a specific field.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expertism¹

First recorded in 1885–90; expert + -ism

Example Sentences

On the other hand, the straight technical expertism is still one of the wonders of the movie world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the model diplomat, capable and correct, must prove how well the British Foreign Office tradition of expertism and caution can adjust to the incautious and wild demands of the second half of the soth century.

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So dead certain were all the experts that the race would be neck-&-neck that a comfortable victory by either candidate would make political expertism indefinitely suspect.

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