Academic / C1

DOKT-uh-r-uh-t/ˈdɒktərət/

A doctorate is the highest university degree, typically a PhD: submit a doctorate, an honorary doctorate. A master’s is below it; a thesis (already in the dictionary) is the document; a title on a letterhead is not a methods waiver. Ethics still wants a date.

Meaning

The highest university degree, typically a PhD.

Examples

• “A doctorate on the letterhead does not waive ethics or the n.”
• “PhD is the usual British name. Doctor is the person (and the medical lookalike). A thesis is already in this course. Stationery is branding. Sample size is a methods fact. Count the n; leave the letters after the name in the signature block.”

Good to know

A PhD or equivalent highest degree. Document: thesis (already in the dictionary). A title ≠ an ethics waiver.

Near in meaning

PhD

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