propaedeutical

  • 1propaedeutical — index informative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Propaedeutical — Propaedeutic Pro p[ae]*deu tic, Propaedeutical Pro p[ae]*deu tic*al, a. [Gr. ? to teach beforehand; ? before + ? to bring up a child, to educate, teach, fr. ?, ?, a child.] Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to …

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  • 3propaedeutical — propaedeutˈic or propaedeutˈical adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑propaedeutic …

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  • 4Propaedeutic — Pro p[ae]*deu tic, Propaedeutical Pro p[ae]*deu tic*al, a. [Gr. ? to teach beforehand; ? before + ? to bring up a child, to educate, teach, fr. ?, ?, a child.] Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or… …

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  • 5propaedeutic — /proh pi dooh tik, dyooh /, adj. Also, propaedeutical. 1. pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction. 2. introductory to some art or science. n. 3. a propaedeutic subject or study. 4. propaedeutics, (used with a sing. v.) the… …

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  • 6informative — I adjective advisory, communicative, communicatory, didactic, disclosing, edifying, educational, educative, enlightening, enriching, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, explicit, expositive, expository, expressive, homiletic, homiletical,… …

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  • 7Spinoza: the moral and political philosophy — The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza Hans W.Blom Spinoza as a moral and political philosopher was the proponent of a radical and extremely consistent version of seventeenth century Dutch naturalism. As a consequence of the burgeoning… …

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  • 8Teaching — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Teaching >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 teaching teaching &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 instruction instruction Sgm: N 1 edification edification Sgm: N 1 education education Sgm: N 1 tuition tuition Sg …

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  • 9propaedeutic — [ˌprəʊpɪ dju:tɪk] adjective formal serving as an introduction to further study. Derivatives propaedeutical adjective Origin C18: from pro 2 + Gk paideutikos of or for teaching , suggested by Gk propaideuein teach beforehand …

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  • 10didactic — adj 1. instructive, instructional, propaedeutical, preceptive, educational, educative, informational, informative; moralistic, moralizing, homi letic, homiletical, Inf. preachy. 2. didactics art or science of teaching, pedagogics, pedagogy;… …

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