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propaedeutical

propaedeutical is the alternative form of propaedeutic.

Meaning of propaedeutic

Adjective

propaedeutic (comparative more propaedeutic, superlative most propaedeutic)

  1. (formal) Preparatory or introductory.
    • On the other hand, the German university exhibits a system in which the university course is almost wholly special; the liberal and propædeutic studies are relegated to the grammar-school.1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies...

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Forms of propaedeutical

comparativemore propaedeutical
superlativemost propaedeutical

Questions about propaedeutical

What is propaedeutical the alternative form of?
Propaedeutical is the alternative form of propaedeutic.

Words near propaedeutical in the dictionary

  1. propadeutic
  2. propadiene
  3. propadienes
  4. propadienyl
  5. propaedeutic
  6. propaedeutical
  7. propaedeutically
  8. propaedeuticly
  9. propaedeutics
  10. propaedia
  11. propaedias

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