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edubusiness

edubusiness noun: commercialised education.

Noun

edubusiness (plural edubusinesses)

  1. Commercialised education.
    • In the new society we have created through mass education, we have tried to force the humanists in the universities to become social scientists, and in the extreme patterns of narrow specialization, we grant PhDs in the social sciences to some people who have read almost exclusively articles in...1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 52
  2. A business that provides education services.

Forms of edubusiness

pluraledubusinesses

Origin of edubusiness

Blend of education + business.

Questions about edubusiness

What does edubusiness mean?
Edubusiness means commercialised education.
What part of speech is edubusiness?
Edubusiness is a noun.
What is the plural of edubusiness?
The plural of edubusiness is edubusinesses.

Words near edubusiness in the dictionary

  1. Eduard
  2. Eduardo
  3. edubabble
  4. edubba
  5. edubbas
  6. edubusiness
  7. edubusinesses
  8. educ.
  9. educabilities
  10. educability
  11. educable

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