PROPAEDEUTIC


Meaning of PROPAEDEUTIC in English

adj. & n.

adj. serving as an introduction to higher study; introductory.

n. (esp. in pl.) preliminary learning; a propaedeutic subject, study, etc. propaedeutical adj.

[ PRO-(2) + Gk paideutikos of teaching, after Gk propaideuo teach beforehand ]

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