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Meaning of protirement | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Early retirement from professional work with the positive idea of pursuing something more fulfilling.

uncountable

Examples

“1961. George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken The American Mercury, p. 92, In other words, retirement connotes regression, whereas protirement would mean progression. ... Arthur Godfrey was right! "Retirement" is a dirty word.”

“1998, John S. Murphy, Frederic M. Hudson The Joy of Old, Geode Press, 1998, (Amazon.Com book review), Retire? Thats something you do to a wheel. The authors suggest Protirement instead”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

protist protistan protistic protistological protistologist protistology