pseudoeducational

adjective

Apparently, but not actually, educational; offering ingenuine education.

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Meanings

adjectivepseudoeducational (not comparable)
  1. not comparableApparently, but not actually, educational; offering ingenuine education.

    The press of the future […] must further prevent the various “isms” which are fed by the dregs of pseudo-educational systems, from taking root in the popular mind.

    1895, Andrew J. Palm, Henry Randall Waite, The American Magazine of Civics, volume 7, page 486

Origin

From pseudo- + educational.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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