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maleducation

maleducation noun: education that is faulty or incomplete.

Noun

maleducation (uncountable)

  1. Education that is faulty or incomplete.
    • Far more important than correcting faulty education resulting from the activities of the nonschool educative agencies is preventing, where possible, such maleducation from taking place.1955, Nelson Louis Bossing, Principles of Secondary Education, page 212
    • Education is a continuous process which, unless maintained, soon lapses into the state of maleducation. There are many people who have had the benefit of university education, who are today living specimens of maleducation because they have ceased to educate themselves.1969, Report of Proceedings of the Commonwealth Foundation, page 7

Origin of maleducation

From mal- + education.

Questions about maleducation

What does maleducation mean?
Maleducation means education that is faulty or incomplete.
What part of speech is maleducation?
Maleducation is a noun.

Words near maleducation in the dictionary

  1. maledicts
  2. maledight
  3. maledights
  4. maledom
  5. maledoms
  6. maleducation
  7. maleducative
  8. maleevite
  9. malefactee
  10. malefactees
  11. malefaction

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