"diploma mill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun}} diploma mill (plural diploma mills) Forms: diploma mills [plural]
  1. (education, derogatory) A disreputable university, churning out diplomas to unqualified students. Wikipedia link: diploma mill Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Schools
    Sense id: diploma_mill-en-noun-eejngVGV Topics: education Related terms: accreditation mill Translations (university churning out diplomas to unqualified students): 野雞大學 (yějī dàxué) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 野鸡大学 (yějī dàxué) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 學歷工廠 (xuélì gōngchǎng) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 学历工厂 (xuélì gōngchǎng) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 虛假大學 (xūjiǎ dàxué) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 虚假大学 (xūjiǎ dàxué) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 學店 (xuédiàn) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 学店 (xuédiàn) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 文憑工廠 (wénpíng gōngchǎng) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 文凭工厂 (wénpíng gōngchǎng) [Mandarin] (Chinese), diplomitehdas (Finnish), usine à diplômes [feminine] (French), Titelmühle [feminine] (German), diplomagyár (Hungarian), uniesquina [feminine] (Portuguese), фа́брика дипло́мов (fábrika diplómov) [feminine] (Russian), фа́брика степене́й (fábrika stepenéj) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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