Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doctor of philosophy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: doc-tor of phi-los-o-phy
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.

Etymology

From Latin philosophiae + doctor.

Inflected Forms

Doctors of Philosophy (plural) Ph.D. (alternative) DPhil (alternative)

Questions

What does doctor of philosophy mean?: A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.
Where does doctor of philosophy come from?: From Latin philosophiae + doctor.

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