非専門(ひせんもん)

ひせんもん
noun
non-specialist; non-expert; lay
1. non-specialist; non-expert; lay
Not having specialized knowledge or training in a particular field. Used to describe people, audiences, contexts, or explanations that are outside a specific professional domain.
非専門(ひせんもん)の読者(どくしゃ)にもわかりやすく書(か)いてある。
It is written in a way that is easy to understand even for non-specialist readers.
非専門(ひせんもん)家(か)の意見(いけん)も参考(さんこう)にすべきだ。
We should also take the opinions of non-experts into account.
��の論文(ろんぶん)は専門的(せんもんてき)すぎて、非専門(ひせんもん)の人(ひと)にはなかなか理解(りかい)���きない。
This paper is too technical for non-specialists to understand easily.

Composed of 非(ひ) (non-/un-) and 専門(せんもん) (specialty/expertise). Used as a modifier to indicate that something is aimed at or involves people without specialized knowledge. The prefix 非(ひ) is highly productive and attaches to many nouns to negate them.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 非専門(ひせんもん)家(か): non-expert; layperson
  • 非専門(ひせんもん)の読者(どくしゃ): non-specialist readers
  • 非専門(ひせんもん)分野(ぶんや): non-specialist field

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 素人(しろうと): amateur/layperson — more casual, sometimes slightly dismissive
  • 門外漢(もんがいかん): outsider to a field — literary, emphasizes being outside the discipline
  • 専門(せんもん): specialty/expertise — the base word, the opposite
  • 専門外(せんもんがい): outside one's specialty — personal (about one's own limits)
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