educationalismn.
/ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃənl̩ɪzəm/, /ˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃnəlɪzəm/ The theory or practice of the provision of education; = educationism n.
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society > education > [noun] > art or science of
educationism1846
educationalism1857
paedeutics1864
sophiology1892
1857 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 372/2 He asserts that health is as much a matter of imitativeness or educationalism as disease.
1885 Pauline May 345/2 This is not the place or time to track out the many and subtle heresies of modern educationalism, as numerous and at least as dangerous as the educational superstitions of the past.
1907 A. A. McGinley Profit of Love xii. 187 From the isolation of the mother from her child, the decadence of the mother-instinct, which has paced step by step with modern educationalism, took its rise.
1963 High School Jrnl. 47 52 Bryan..lists Educationalism as one of the major ‘isms’ operating within the politico-socio dynamics of modern Africa.
2004 Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Apr. 12 Too many teachers had been infected by that terrible disease, progressive educationalism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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