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maleducative

maleducative adjective: that detracts from good education or leads to maleducation.

Adjective

maleducative

  1. That detracts from good education or leads to maleducation.
    • A consideration of these potentialities of youth brings one to a sharp realization of the maleducative influences which too often surround young people.1940, Columbia University Teachers College, Contributions to Education, volume 783, page 168
    • Education of informed citizens experienced in the democratic way of living could be seen as neither a part-time job nor one to be accomplished despite the often interfering, maleducative acts of other community agencies.1951, Harlan L. Hagman, The administration of American public schools, page 18

Examples of maleducative in a sentence

  • In the following sections, data will be presented to support the thesis that maleducative practices may contribute to the etiology of anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia.1989, Jan Pauline Hangen, Educational factors in the etiology of the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia, page 54:
  • A maleducative or miseducative experience will diminish this capacity.2010, Joseph D. Novak, Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps as Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations, 2nd...

Origin of maleducative

From mal- + educative.

Questions about maleducative

What does maleducative mean?
Maleducative means that detracts from good education or leads to maleducation.
How do you use maleducative in a sentence?
In the following sections, data will be presented to support the thesis that maleducative practices may contribute to the etiology of anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia.
What part of speech is maleducative?
Maleducative is an adjective.

Words near maleducative in the dictionary

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

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