specialization.

Concentration on a particular field, task or function.

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Words that belong together

• professional specialization
• functional specialization

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Professional specialization increased depth while narrowing the range of routine tasks.

Functional specialization divided the process into roles with different requirements.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.