pīˈdāə noun
( -s )
Etymology: German, from Greek, education, culture, from paideuein to educate (from paid-, pais child) + -ia -y — more at few
1. : training of the physical and mental faculties in such a way as to produce a broad enlightened mature outlook harmoniously combined with maximum cultural development
the long and noble tradition of paideia , which made it impossible for a Greek or Roman to write a worthy book merely to record facts — Gilbert Highet
2. : the ideal development envisioned or attained by paideia