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Is “practitioner†applicable to disciplines other than medical sciences?
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While Cambridge Dictionary defines "a practitioner" as "someone involved in a skilled job or activity", it seems to me it is hardly used outside the context of medical professions. Is that so indeed?
May I refer to a community of, say, experts in data analytics as "data analytics practitioners"?
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While Cambridge Dictionary defines "a practitioner" as "someone involved in a skilled job or activity", it seems to me it is hardly used outside the context of medical professions. Is that so indeed?
May I refer to a community of, say, experts in data analytics as "data analytics practitioners"?
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The Ngram indicates that there must be many uses of 'practitioner' outside of the comparatively little-used 'medical practitioner'.
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While Cambridge Dictionary defines "a practitioner" as "someone involved in a skilled job or activity", it seems to me it is hardly used outside the context of medical professions. Is that so indeed?
May I refer to a community of, say, experts in data analytics as "data analytics practitioners"?
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While Cambridge Dictionary defines "a practitioner" as "someone involved in a skilled job or activity", it seems to me it is hardly used outside the context of medical professions. Is that so indeed?
May I refer to a community of, say, experts in data analytics as "data analytics practitioners"?
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The Ngram indicates that there must be many uses of 'practitioner' outside of the comparatively little-used 'medical practitioner'.
– Nigel J
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The Ngram indicates that there must be many uses of 'practitioner' outside of the comparatively little-used 'medical practitioner'.
– Nigel J
3 hours ago
The Ngram indicates that there must be many uses of 'practitioner' outside of the comparatively little-used 'medical practitioner'.
– Nigel J
3 hours ago
The Ngram indicates that there must be many uses of 'practitioner' outside of the comparatively little-used 'medical practitioner'.
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One can apparently be a practitioner of change and the composer Maurice Ravel must have been (tongue-in-cheek) a practitioner of the dark arts, according to one author. You can also be a practitioner of educational leadership, a practitioner of crime prevention, or a practitioner of low-carbon education.
CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) can be practitioners too and, in Canada, you can get a permit to be a practitioner of foreign law. You can even take a college course to become a practitioner of feminist activism.
I do think that it is most often seen used for practitioners of various healing arts, but I don't see any reason why you can't talk about data analytics practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
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There is a religious group in China (and spreading out to everywhere in the world including the West) called Falung Gong (other names are in use, too) that is using practitioners as the term for their followers (what other religions would call their believers, or their faithful or whatever). But then, they insist that they aren't a religion. Well, they are, of course. But the word practitioner is used inflationally whereever they appear.
– Christian Geiselmann
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I've seen it in works of fiction applied to people who practice magic. A person practices law as well, but we don't say they are legal practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
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Yes, we do: legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/legal+practitioner
– michael.hor257k
3 hours ago
It's not nearly as common to non-legal people as medical practitioner is for non-medical people.
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I once gave a talk at an academic conference on public administration. Unlike everyone else there, who were all academics who wrote about public administration but did not do it, I was at the time a 'practitioner' of public administration. When I was thanked for my talk, they said it was good to hear, for once, from a 'practitioner'.
So the word is by no means confined to medicine - and no 'strictly speaking' about it. But the word demands a context: you can't just be a practitioner; you have to have a speciality (or specialty) that you practice.
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Strictly speaking, you are correct.
However, the word doctor, while technically applicable to a wide variety of professions, is normally used as a synonym of physician.
By the same token, "physician" is the first thing that comes to mind when you say "practitioner." Folks simply assume that "medical practitioner" is what you really mean.
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One can apparently be a practitioner of change and the composer Maurice Ravel must have been (tongue-in-cheek) a practitioner of the dark arts, according to one author. You can also be a practitioner of educational leadership, a practitioner of crime prevention, or a practitioner of low-carbon education.
CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) can be practitioners too and, in Canada, you can get a permit to be a practitioner of foreign law. You can even take a college course to become a practitioner of feminist activism.
I do think that it is most often seen used for practitioners of various healing arts, but I don't see any reason why you can't talk about data analytics practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
8,90511848
There is a religious group in China (and spreading out to everywhere in the world including the West) called Falung Gong (other names are in use, too) that is using practitioners as the term for their followers (what other religions would call their believers, or their faithful or whatever). But then, they insist that they aren't a religion. Well, they are, of course. But the word practitioner is used inflationally whereever they appear.
– Christian Geiselmann
10 mins ago
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2
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One can apparently be a practitioner of change and the composer Maurice Ravel must have been (tongue-in-cheek) a practitioner of the dark arts, according to one author. You can also be a practitioner of educational leadership, a practitioner of crime prevention, or a practitioner of low-carbon education.
CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) can be practitioners too and, in Canada, you can get a permit to be a practitioner of foreign law. You can even take a college course to become a practitioner of feminist activism.
I do think that it is most often seen used for practitioners of various healing arts, but I don't see any reason why you can't talk about data analytics practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
8,90511848
There is a religious group in China (and spreading out to everywhere in the world including the West) called Falung Gong (other names are in use, too) that is using practitioners as the term for their followers (what other religions would call their believers, or their faithful or whatever). But then, they insist that they aren't a religion. Well, they are, of course. But the word practitioner is used inflationally whereever they appear.
– Christian Geiselmann
10 mins ago
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up vote
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One can apparently be a practitioner of change and the composer Maurice Ravel must have been (tongue-in-cheek) a practitioner of the dark arts, according to one author. You can also be a practitioner of educational leadership, a practitioner of crime prevention, or a practitioner of low-carbon education.
CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) can be practitioners too and, in Canada, you can get a permit to be a practitioner of foreign law. You can even take a college course to become a practitioner of feminist activism.
I do think that it is most often seen used for practitioners of various healing arts, but I don't see any reason why you can't talk about data analytics practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
8,90511848
One can apparently be a practitioner of change and the composer Maurice Ravel must have been (tongue-in-cheek) a practitioner of the dark arts, according to one author. You can also be a practitioner of educational leadership, a practitioner of crime prevention, or a practitioner of low-carbon education.
CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) can be practitioners too and, in Canada, you can get a permit to be a practitioner of foreign law. You can even take a college course to become a practitioner of feminist activism.
I do think that it is most often seen used for practitioners of various healing arts, but I don't see any reason why you can't talk about data analytics practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
8,90511848
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
8,90511848
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
8,90511848
answered 3 hours ago
Roger Sinasohn
8,90511848
8,90511848
There is a religious group in China (and spreading out to everywhere in the world including the West) called Falung Gong (other names are in use, too) that is using practitioners as the term for their followers (what other religions would call their believers, or their faithful or whatever). But then, they insist that they aren't a religion. Well, they are, of course. But the word practitioner is used inflationally whereever they appear.
– Christian Geiselmann
10 mins ago
add a comment |Â
There is a religious group in China (and spreading out to everywhere in the world including the West) called Falung Gong (other names are in use, too) that is using practitioners as the term for their followers (what other religions would call their believers, or their faithful or whatever). But then, they insist that they aren't a religion. Well, they are, of course. But the word practitioner is used inflationally whereever they appear.
– Christian Geiselmann
10 mins ago
There is a religious group in China (and spreading out to everywhere in the world including the West) called Falung Gong (other names are in use, too) that is using practitioners as the term for their followers (what other religions would call their believers, or their faithful or whatever). But then, they insist that they aren't a religion. Well, they are, of course. But the word practitioner is used inflationally whereever they appear.
– Christian Geiselmann
10 mins ago
There is a religious group in China (and spreading out to everywhere in the world including the West) called Falung Gong (other names are in use, too) that is using practitioners as the term for their followers (what other religions would call their believers, or their faithful or whatever). But then, they insist that they aren't a religion. Well, they are, of course. But the word practitioner is used inflationally whereever they appear.
– Christian Geiselmann
10 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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I've seen it in works of fiction applied to people who practice magic. A person practices law as well, but we don't say they are legal practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
58127
Yes, we do: legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/legal+practitioner
– michael.hor257k
3 hours ago
It's not nearly as common to non-legal people as medical practitioner is for non-medical people.
– swbarnes2
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
I've seen it in works of fiction applied to people who practice magic. A person practices law as well, but we don't say they are legal practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
58127
Yes, we do: legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/legal+practitioner
– michael.hor257k
3 hours ago
It's not nearly as common to non-legal people as medical practitioner is for non-medical people.
– swbarnes2
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
I've seen it in works of fiction applied to people who practice magic. A person practices law as well, but we don't say they are legal practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
58127
I've seen it in works of fiction applied to people who practice magic. A person practices law as well, but we don't say they are legal practitioners.
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
58127
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
58127
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
58127
answered 3 hours ago
swbarnes2
58127
58127
Yes, we do: legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/legal+practitioner
– michael.hor257k
3 hours ago
It's not nearly as common to non-legal people as medical practitioner is for non-medical people.
– swbarnes2
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
Yes, we do: legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/legal+practitioner
– michael.hor257k
3 hours ago
It's not nearly as common to non-legal people as medical practitioner is for non-medical people.
– swbarnes2
2 hours ago
Yes, we do: legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/legal+practitioner
– michael.hor257k
3 hours ago
Yes, we do: legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/legal+practitioner
– michael.hor257k
3 hours ago
It's not nearly as common to non-legal people as medical practitioner is for non-medical people.
– swbarnes2
2 hours ago
It's not nearly as common to non-legal people as medical practitioner is for non-medical people.
– swbarnes2
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
I once gave a talk at an academic conference on public administration. Unlike everyone else there, who were all academics who wrote about public administration but did not do it, I was at the time a 'practitioner' of public administration. When I was thanked for my talk, they said it was good to hear, for once, from a 'practitioner'.
So the word is by no means confined to medicine - and no 'strictly speaking' about it. But the word demands a context: you can't just be a practitioner; you have to have a speciality (or specialty) that you practice.
answered 32 mins ago
JeremyC
1,688210
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I once gave a talk at an academic conference on public administration. Unlike everyone else there, who were all academics who wrote about public administration but did not do it, I was at the time a 'practitioner' of public administration. When I was thanked for my talk, they said it was good to hear, for once, from a 'practitioner'.
So the word is by no means confined to medicine - and no 'strictly speaking' about it. But the word demands a context: you can't just be a practitioner; you have to have a speciality (or specialty) that you practice.
answered 32 mins ago
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up vote
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I once gave a talk at an academic conference on public administration. Unlike everyone else there, who were all academics who wrote about public administration but did not do it, I was at the time a 'practitioner' of public administration. When I was thanked for my talk, they said it was good to hear, for once, from a 'practitioner'.
So the word is by no means confined to medicine - and no 'strictly speaking' about it. But the word demands a context: you can't just be a practitioner; you have to have a speciality (or specialty) that you practice.
answered 32 mins ago
JeremyC
1,688210
I once gave a talk at an academic conference on public administration. Unlike everyone else there, who were all academics who wrote about public administration but did not do it, I was at the time a 'practitioner' of public administration. When I was thanked for my talk, they said it was good to hear, for once, from a 'practitioner'.
So the word is by no means confined to medicine - and no 'strictly speaking' about it. But the word demands a context: you can't just be a practitioner; you have to have a speciality (or specialty) that you practice.
answered 32 mins ago
JeremyC
1,688210
answered 32 mins ago
JeremyC
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answered 32 mins ago
JeremyC
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Strictly speaking, you are correct.
However, the word doctor, while technically applicable to a wide variety of professions, is normally used as a synonym of physician.
By the same token, "physician" is the first thing that comes to mind when you say "practitioner." Folks simply assume that "medical practitioner" is what you really mean.
answered 3 hours ago
Ricky
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Strictly speaking, you are correct.
However, the word doctor, while technically applicable to a wide variety of professions, is normally used as a synonym of physician.
By the same token, "physician" is the first thing that comes to mind when you say "practitioner." Folks simply assume that "medical practitioner" is what you really mean.
answered 3 hours ago
Ricky
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Strictly speaking, you are correct.
However, the word doctor, while technically applicable to a wide variety of professions, is normally used as a synonym of physician.
By the same token, "physician" is the first thing that comes to mind when you say "practitioner." Folks simply assume that "medical practitioner" is what you really mean.
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Ricky
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Strictly speaking, you are correct.
However, the word doctor, while technically applicable to a wide variety of professions, is normally used as a synonym of physician.
By the same token, "physician" is the first thing that comes to mind when you say "practitioner." Folks simply assume that "medical practitioner" is what you really mean.
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The Ngram indicates that there must be many uses of 'practitioner' outside of the comparatively little-used 'medical practitioner'.
– Nigel J
3 hours ago