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Definition of Propaedeutic

1. Adjective. Preceding and preparing for something. "Preparatory steps"

2. Noun. A course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally).

Definition of Propaedeutic

1. Adjective. Providing preparatory or introductory teaching. ¹

2. Noun. Such a course of instruction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Propaedeutic

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propaedeutic

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Literary usage of Propaedeutic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward Lee Thorndike (1922)
"propaedeutic BONDS The formation of bonds to ... in other bonds to which they are propaedeutic or contributing is the most important case of low strength, ..."

2. Principles of Secondary Education by Alexander James Inglis (1918)
"values; (2) direct vocational values; (3) direct avocational values; (4) direct propaedeutic values. Under the head of indirect and general values may be ..."

3. A History of Education by Thomas Davidson (1900)
"The work is divided into fifty-one tracts, which again are arranged under four heads: (I) propaedeutic and Logic, 13 treatises; (II) Natural Sciences, ..."

4. Outlines of the History of Greek Philosophy by Eduard Zeller (1889)
"51), is found in feet though not in form in Plato; but these systematic inquiries are inferior to the propaedeutic, which occupy the largest space in the ..."

5. Introduction to Philosophy by Wilhelm Jerusalem (1910)
"SECOND DIVISION THE propaedeutic (PREPARATORY) DISCIPLINES 8. THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE PROBLEM OF PSYCHOLOGY Psychology is the science which treats of the ..."

6. The Methodist Review (1876)
"... in philanthropic efforts and future missionary plans, HIS soul also goes marching on. ART. II.—THE propaedeutic OFFICE OF THE ETHNIC RELIGIONS, ..."

7. Christianity and Greek Philosophy: Or, The Relation Between Spontaneous and by Benjamin Franklin Cocker (1872)
"THE propaedeutic OFFICE OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY.. "Philosophy, before the coming of the Lord, was necessary to the Greeks for righteousness, and it now proved ..."

8. Principles of Teaching in Secondary Education by Herbert Hamilton Foster (1921)
"propaedeutic FUNCTION OF THE RECITATION Apperception in Teaching.—"Nine-tenths of teaching," says Professor Thorndike,1 "illustrates the use or abuse of the ..."

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