propaedeutic
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌpɹoʊpiːˈdjuːtɪk/, /ˌpɹɑpəˈduːtik/
propaedeutic
- Providing preparatory or introductory teaching.
- 1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies (Science)’, pages 261–262 ↗:
- On the other hand, the German university exhibits a system in which the university course is almost wholly special; the liberal and propædeutic studies are relegated to the grammar-school.
- 1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies (Science)’, pages 261–262 ↗:
- French: préparatoire, propédeutique
- German: propädeutisch
- Italian: propedeutico
propaedeutic (plural propaedeutics)
- An introductory course of instruction.
- French: propédeutique
- German: Propädeutik
- Italian: propedeutico
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