educationable
educationable adjective: able or fit to be educated.
Adjective
educationable (not comparable)
- Able or fit to be educated.
- This offer and this profession, so made to the educationable classes of our Indian subjects, must no doubt be condemned by Christian men, on the ground of reasons which they will regard as absolute and irresistible.1860, Isaac Taylor, Logic in Theology, and other essays, etc, page 211
- Moreover, there are at present approximately 360 children in social adjustment classes and 3,786 children in the educationable retarded category […]1959, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia, Problems of Hungry Children in the District of Columbia, 1959, page 36
- Synonyms:
- educable, educatable
Synonyms of educationable
Origin of educationable
From education + -able.
Questions about educationable
- What does educationable mean?
- Educationable means able or fit to be educated.
- What part of speech is educationable?
- Educationable is an adjective.
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