deschooling

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noun

The process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life after leaving the education system.

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Meanings

noundeschooling (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life after leaving the education system.
  2. uncountableThe concept, or belief that a formal education system is counter-productive to the education of young people.

    The events continue this weekend: the squat's website, temporaryschool.org, says there will be a session on "labyrinth building with Steph" tomorrow, followed by "deschooling society".

    2009 January 9, Helen Pidd, “Posh-squat artists take Mayfair mews”, in The Guardian
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APA

deschooling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deschooling

MLA

“deschooling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deschooling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deschooling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deschooling.

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