examinationismn.
/ᵻɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ɛɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ᵻɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃənɪz(ə)m/, /ɛɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ɪɡˌzæməˈneɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /ɛɡˌzæməˈneɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Now historical and rare.
Excessive use of or reliance on examinations, esp. competitive examinations, as a means of assessing knowledge, skill, or competence. Cf. examinationist n.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examining > practice of requiring examinations
examinationism1880
1880 Jrnl. Sci. 3rd. Ser. 2 554 Examinationism is more and more rampant, and is eating away the intellectual life of the nation.
1884 London Jrnl. Sci. 21 240 A reaction against that miserable examinationism which earns for us the title of the ‘Chinese of Europe.’
1898 School Rev. 6 485 The great pedagogical disease of examinationism.
1975 W. H. G. Armytage in P. R. Cox et al. Equalities & Inequalities in Educ. 80 I mention Cambridge since its mathematics Tripos represented examinationism at its apogee. Indeed, up to 1907, candidates used to be assessed like racehorses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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