Definition of Avocational

1. Adjective. Of or involved in an avocation.

Partainyms: Avocation
Derivative terms: Avocation

Definition of Avocational

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or being an avocation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avocational

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avocational

avobenzone
avocadi
avocado
avocado pear
avocado tree
avocadoes
avocadoless
avocadolike
avocados
avocat
avocate
avocated
avocates
avocating
avocation
avocational (current term)
avocationally
avocations
avocative
avocatives
avocet
avocets
avodire
avodires
avogadrite
avoid
avoid like the plague
avoidability
avoidable
avoidableness

Literary usage of Avocational

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Secondary Education by Alexander James Inglis (1918)
"values; (2) direct vocational values; (3) direct avocational values; (4) direct propaedeutic values. Under the head of indirect and general values may be ..."

2. The Modern High School: Its Administration and Extension by Charles Hughes Johnston (1914)
"These four characteristics, then, may be regarded asi desirable in an avocational pursuit: (i) appeal to personal interest; (2) opportunity for creative or ..."

3. Newsboy Service: A Study in Educational and Vocational Guidance by Mrs Anna Yeomans Reed (1917)
"... NINE THE avocational ASPECT OF NEWSBOY SERVICE S school newsboy service a vocation or an avocation? Some would classify it one way, others the other. ..."

4. Studies by the Bureau of Educational Measurements and Standards by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia (1915)
"PREPARATION FOR avocational ACTIVITIES. Preparation for avocational activities is provided for in part by reading, music, drawing, and supervised plays and ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"He may or may not believe in avocational instruction ; he may or may not regard intelligence as an ultimate good and an end in itself; he may or may not ..."

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