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protirement (uncountable)

1. Early retirement from professional work with the positive idea of pursuing something more fulfilling.
   • 1961. George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken The American Mercury, p. 92,

     In other words, retirement connotes regression, whereas protirement would mean progression. ... Arthur Godfrey was right! "Retirement" is a dirty word.

   • 1998, John S. Murphy, Frederic M. Hudson The Joy of Old, Geode Press, 1998, (Amazon.Com book review),

     Retire? Thats something you do to a wheel. The authors suggest Protirement instead

関連する語

• protire

参考

• downshifting
• drop out