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Freirean

Freirean adjective: of or relating to Paulo Freire (1921–1997), Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy.

Adjective

Freirean (comparative more Freirean, superlative most Freirean)

  1. Of or relating to Paulo Freire (1921–1997), Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy.

Noun

Freirean (plural Freireans)

  1. A follower of Paulo Freire.

Forms of Freirean

Adjective
comparativemore Freirean
superlativemost Freirean
alternative formFreirian
Noun
pluralFreireans

Origin of Freirean

From Freire + -an.

Questions about Freirean

What does Freirean mean?
Freirean means of or relating to Paulo Freire (1921–1997), Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy.
What part of speech is Freirean?
Freirean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Freirean in the dictionary

  1. Freiman's theorem
  2. Freimuth
  3. Freimuths
  4. freind
  5. Freire
  6. Freirean
  7. Freireans
  8. Freires
  9. Freirian
  10. Freirina
  11. freirinite

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