publish or perish
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To publish frequently in academic journals under pressure of professional advancement or survival.
Example Sentences
- "The extreme pressure that is placed on the staffs of many higher educational institutions throughout the world to "publish or perish" has its merits in the sense that it "motivates" the staff members to do research."
- "For the average faculty member in the next few years, the pressure to publish or perish will be more real than ever before."
- "Second, the pressure to publish or perish will be an incentive to continue along this path as it is always easier to publish a standard paper on a recognized topic than to open up new areas of research."
Inflected Forms
publishes or perishes (present, singular)
publishing or perishing (participle, present)
published or perished (participle, past)
published or perished (past)
Synonyms
publish or die