Meanings
noundefectology (uncountable)
- uncountableThe training of teachers of handicapped children.
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Training in orthopedagogics started as a global course without division into types of handicaps while training in defectology started with profound study of auditive handicapped children and was influenced greatly by a German system of special education with profound specialization according to a handicapping condition.
2000, Jan de Groof, A New Framework of Special Education in the Russian Federation
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latinde-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfacio
- Latindēficiō
- Latindēfectus
- Englishdefect
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishdefectology
Translations
Russian дефектоло́гия
- дефектоло́гия (defektológija)training
Cite this entry
APA
defectology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectology
MLA
“defectology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defectology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectology.
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