D.Phil.
Noun
Meaning
(Oxford University, otherwise historical) Synonym of Ph.D. (as awarded by Oxford University.)
(Oxford University, otherwise rare) A person who holds a Ph.D. or D.Phil. degree.
(Oxford University slang) Clipping of D.Phil. student.
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Examples
This displaced the existing Doctor of Philosophy degree in some universities; for instance, the D.Phil. (higher doctorate in the faculty of philosophy) at the University of St Andrews was discontinued and replaced with the Ph.
D. (an abbreviation for the Latin Philosophiæ Doctor; or alternatively Doctor philosophiæ, D.Phil., meaning Teacher of Philosophy), or other research doctorate such as the Doctor of Science, or Sc.D. (an abbreviation of the Latin Scientiae Doctor).