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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