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diploma mill

noun

  1. an organization claiming to be an institution of higher learning but existing for profit only and granting degrees without demanding proper qualifications of the recipients.
  2. a college or university having such a large number of students that none receives individual attention from the teachers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diploma mill1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.

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