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HONORARY DEGREE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does honorary degree mean?

• HONORARY DEGREE (noun)
The noun HONORARY DEGREE has 1 sense:

1. a degree conferred to honor the recipient

Familiarity information: HONORARY DEGREE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HONORARY DEGREE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A degree conferred to honor the recipient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

honorary degree; honoris causa

Hypernyms ("honorary degree" is a kind of...):

academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honorary degree"):

ArtsD; Doctor of Arts (an honorary arts degree)

Doctor of Fine Arts (an honorary degree in fine arts)

Doctor of Humane Letters (an honorary degree in letters)

Doctor of Humanities (an honorary degree in the humanities)

Doctor of Laws; LLD (an honorary law degree)

Doctor of Science; DS; ScD (an honorary degree in science)

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