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scholasticide

scholasticide noun: the systematic destruction of academics and educators.

Noun

scholasticide (uncountable)

  1. The systematic destruction of academics and educators.
    • Some have suggested that a federal conflicts statute would be tantamount to scholasticide, the “truly unpardonable sin.”1995, Texas International Law Journal, volume 30, University of Texas School of Law, page 202

Origin of scholasticide

From scholastic + -cide.

Questions about scholasticide

What does scholasticide mean?
Scholasticide means the systematic destruction of academics and educators.
What part of speech is scholasticide?
Scholasticide is a noun.

Words near scholasticide in the dictionary

  1. scholastical
  2. scholastically
  3. scholasticals
  4. scholasticate
  5. scholasticates
  6. scholasticide
  7. scholasticise
  8. scholasticised
  9. scholasticises
  10. scholasticising
  11. scholasticism

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