Nonpromotion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nonpromotion is a noun meaning Failure to promote a person to a higher rank.
Meaning
Failure to promote a person to a higher rank.
More Meanings
- (US, education) The holding back of a pupil instead of advancing them to the next year of studies.
Example Sentences
The first group consisted of the Black teachers who expressed ambivalence and concern that students would be emotionally hurt by nonpromotions. The second group consisted of gregarious, highly spirited teachers.
It is true that there are men to be found who never rise beyond a curacy; as there are grey-headed midshipmen occasionally to be seen in the navy. But the former case is quite as rare as the latter; promotion is the rule, non-promotion the exception, in both professions.
Word Forms
- nonpromotions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mispromotion, underpromotion, rankism, underplacement, advancement, elevation.
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