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deschools

deschools is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deschool.

Meaning of deschool

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

Questions about deschools

What is deschools the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deschools is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deschool.

Words near deschools in the dictionary

  1. deschool
  2. deschooled
  3. deschooler
  4. deschoolers
  5. deschooling
  6. deschools
  7. Deschutes
  8. Deschutes County
  9. desciclovir
  10. desciption
  11. desclerotization

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