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deschool

deschool verb: to remove the schools from; to divest (a society) of its formal education system.

Verb

deschool (third-person singular simple present deschools, present participle deschooling, simple past and past participle deschooled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the schools from; to divest (a society) of its formal education system.
    • In Illich's deschooled society, schools would continue to exist but on non-compulsory basis.2007, Michael Kuhn, New society models for a new millennium, page 305

Forms of deschool

third-person singular presentdeschools
present participledeschooling
past participledeschooled
pastdeschooled

Origin of deschool

From de- + school.

Questions about deschool

What does deschool mean?
Deschool means to remove the schools from; to divest (a society) of its formal education system.
What part of speech is deschool?
Deschool is a verb.
What is the past tense of deschool?
The past tense of deschool is deschooled.

Words near deschool in the dictionary

  1. Deschanels
  2. deschedule
  3. descheduled
  4. deschedules
  5. descheduling
  6. deschool
  7. deschooled
  8. deschooler
  9. deschoolers
  10. deschooling
  11. deschools

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