Preretirement vs Protirement - What's the difference?
preretirement | protirement |
Occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement
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(neologism) 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,
* 1998 , John S. Murphy, Frederic M. Hudson The Joy of Old , Geode Press, 1998, (
As an adjective preretirement
is occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.As a noun protirement is
(neologism) early retirement from professional work with the positive idea of pursuing something more fulfilling.preretirement
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*postretirementprotirement
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(-)- In other words, retirement connotes regression, whereas protirement would mean progression. ... Arthur Godfrey was right! "Retirement" is a dirty word.
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- Retire? Thats something you do to a wheel. The authors suggest Protirement instead