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“avocations”
avocation (s), avocations (pl) (noun forms)
1. A hobby or pastime; not one's normal work.
2. The opposite of one's career or occupation.
3. Etymology: "a calling away from one's occupation", from Latin avocationem, "a calling away"; and Latin avocare, "to call away"; from ad-, "away" plus vocare, "to call".
2. The opposite of one's career or occupation.
3. Etymology: "a calling away from one's occupation", from Latin avocationem, "a calling away"; and Latin avocare, "to call away"; from ad-, "away" plus vocare, "to call".
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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voc-, voca-, vocab-, vocat-, -vocation, -vocative, -vocable, vok-, -voke +
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