{
  "id": "professional.occupation",
  "term": "professional",
  "sense": "occupation",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "arena": "professional",
  "domain": "profession",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a person who does work that is advanced and follows organized standards",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "work.effort",
      "advanced.skill",
      "organized.structure",
      "follows.sequential",
      "people.social",
      "standard.norm"
    ],
    "interaction": "When a person does work that is advanced and follows organized standards, a professional role emerges.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "recognized role",
      "regulated practice",
      "status accountability"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "Marie Curie conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, adhering to scientific methods and peer review.",
      "domain": "science"
    },
    {
      "text": "The New York City subway employs engineers who maintain signal systems according to federal safety codes.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Chartered accountants at PricewaterhouseCoopers audit financial statements following International Financial Reporting Standards.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "role.social",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "professional",
    "professionals"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive components to align the emergence record with the definition. Definition remained accurate and did not require rewording."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-professional.occupation"
}