The act or process of serving as a dean; performing the duties and responsibilities of a dean in an institution.
From 'dean' plus '-ing.' 'Dean' comes from Latin 'decanus' (one in charge of ten), with Germanic verb-formation suffix '-ing' added.
You rarely hear someone say they're 'deaning'—it sounds almost comical because 'dean' works as a noun but creating a verb from it emphasizes the absurdity of treating administrative roles as active processes rather than titles.
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