profession
occupation requiring specialized training
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Summary
profession is a metaclass[1]. profession draws 3,421 Wikipedia views per month (metaclass category, ranking #11 of 61).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: second-order class[3]
- Subclass of: occupation[4]
- Commons category: People by occupation[5]
- Opposite of: hobby[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Professions[7]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Lean Logic[9], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[10]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox occupation[11]
- Used by: by occupation or profession[12]
- Has characteristic: field of study[13], professionalism[14], wage[15]
- Main Wikidata property: P106[16]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Profession[17]
- Different from: occupation[18], position[19], job title[20], job activity[21]
- Properties for this type: P952[22], P425[23], P2521[24], P3321[25], P18[26], P373[27]
- Studied by: sociology of professions[28]
- Practiced by: professional[29]
Why It Matters
profession has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] profession is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]