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faculty

/ˈfæk.əl.ti/

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What does faculty mean?

noun

  1. The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
  2. A division of a university.
  3. An ability, power, or skill.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
  2. A licence to make alterations to a church.
  3. The members of a profession.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfæk.əl.ti/

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It is inexplicable, this, except that never was there a man more devoid of the faculty of self-exploitation, self-advertising, than Russell Conwell.
Russell H. ConwellAcres of Diamonds: Our Every-day OpportunitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #368
Probably the cleverest of her trappers is a Mexican who has a faculty of catching these dangerous creatures with his bare hands.
Harry HoudiniMiracle Mongers and Their Methods A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc.Project Gutenberg ebook #435
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The idea evoked may then become the nucleus of a sort of crystallisation which invades the understanding and paralyses all critical faculty.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
But the faculty of articulate speech comes in, enabling us to form the crude elements of reason and inference into a code.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
Reason ceases to be a remote and ideal faculty, and signifies all the resources by which activity is made fruitful in meaning.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852