professionalize
1. [ verb ] become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
Synonyms: professionalise
Related terms: change professionalise
2. [ verb ] make professional or give a professional character to
Synonyms: professionalise
Examples:

"Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs"

Related terms: change professionalise professionalisation
Similar spelling:   professional
  professionalise
  professional_life
  professionalism
  professionally
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  professorial
  professorship