mentorship

English

From mentor +‎ -ship.

mentorship (countable and uncountable, plural mentorships)

The role or state of being a mentor.
- 2013, Mike Doiron, Thread of Life: An Adoption Story, →ISBN, page 74:
  The mentorships were plenty, starting with Brian Derdall, a sort of rain-man genius in Engineering, along with T-man the technology guru, new hire peers Alex and Joel, and my new senior co-workers Ivan, Robert, and a sort of management mentor John.
- 2022 November 29, Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Must I Mentor a White Law Student When I Requested a Black Mentee?”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:
  In some mentorship programs, the mentees get a say in whom they will be paired with. A mentee may be drawn to make certain connections based on a sense of their professional influence.

state of being a mentor