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Synonyms for educable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ej-oo-kuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛdʒ ʊ kə bəl



Définition of educable

Origin :
  • 1842 (implied in educability); see educate + -able.
  • adj able to be taught
Example sentences :
  • The human being is the most adaptable—that is to say, educable—of all living creatures.
  • Extract from : « Woman and Womanhood » by C. W. Saleeby
  • I am convinced from experience that it is both normal and educable though not usually active in the large majority of people.
  • Extract from : « Second Sight » by Sepharial
  • As to structure, human nature is undoubtedly the most plastic part of the living world, the most adaptable, the most educable.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • Animals are educable in different degrees; but where they are educable they begin to profit by experience from the first.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • In 1869 it was estimated that there were in the State 34,000 Negro children of educable age.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
  • The learner could not possibly be educable, that is, susceptible of receiving instruction, unless he were able to think.
  • Extract from : « The Reform of Education » by Giovanni Gentile
  • In other words, we are educable, the lower animals are not, or only within very narrow limits.
  • Extract from : « Woman and Womanhood » by C. W. Saleeby

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