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Piagetian

Piagetian adjective: of or relating to Jean Piaget (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his cognitive studies with children.

Adjective

Piagetian (comparative more Piagetian, superlative most Piagetian)

  1. Of or relating to Jean Piaget (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his cognitive studies with children.
    • The Kohlbergian emergence of increasingly complex stages of moral development is built on the Piagetian emergence of increasingly complex logical operations.2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 13, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN

Noun

Piagetian (plural Piagetians)

  1. A proponent of Piaget's theories, esp. on children's cognitive development.

Forms of Piagetian

Adjective
comparativemore Piagetian
superlativemost Piagetian
Noun
pluralPiagetians

Origin of Piagetian

From Piaget + -ian.

Words formed from Piagetian

Questions about Piagetian

What does Piagetian mean?
Piagetian means of or relating to Jean Piaget (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his cognitive studies with children.
What part of speech is Piagetian?
Piagetian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Piagetian in the dictionary

  1. piaffers
  2. piaffes
  3. piaffing
  4. Piagapo
  5. Piaget
  6. Piagetian
  7. Piagetians
  8. piai
  9. piaie
  10. piaies
  11. piaiman

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