DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Doctor of Philosophy" is a kind of...):

doctor's degree; doctorate (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Doctor of Philosophy"):

Ph.D.; PhD (a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study)

DPhil (a British doctorate)