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pedagogical

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌpɛdəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɛdəˈɡɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɛdəˈɡɒɡɪkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒdʒɪkəl
  • CMU ARPABET: P EH2 D AH0 G AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to pedagogy; teaching.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: didactic, pedagogic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Haughty and formal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pedantic

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to pedagogy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • pedagogical significance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pedagogic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pedagogic + -al.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մանկավարժական (mankavaržakan) — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Asturian: pedagóxicu — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Belarusian: педагагі́чны (pjedahahíčny) — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Catalan: pedagògic — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Czech: pedagogický — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Danish: pædagogisk — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Dutch: pedagogisch — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Esperanto: pedagogia — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Finnish: pedagoginen — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Finnish: opetuksellinen — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Finnish: opetusopillinen — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • French: pédagogique — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Galician: pedagóxico — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • German: pädagogisch — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Hungarian: pedagógiai — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Indonesian: pedagogis — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Indonesian: pedagogik — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Interlingua: pedagogic — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Italian: pedagogico — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Italian: didattico — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Italian: educativo — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Kazakh: педагогикалық (pedagogikalyq) — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Norman: pédagogique — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pedagogisk — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pedagogisk — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Polish: pedagogiczny — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Portuguese: pedagógico — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Russian: педагоги́ческий (pedagogíčeskij) — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Serbo-Croatian: pedàgoškī — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Slovak: pedagogický — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Slovene: pedagoški — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Slovene: pedagogičen — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Spanish: pedagógico — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Swedish: pedagogisk — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Ukrainian: педагогі́чний (pedahohíčnyj) — of, or relating to pedagogy
  • Finnish: oppimestarimainen — haughty and formal
  • Finnish: ylimielinen — haughty and formal
  • Finnish: muodollinen — haughty and formal
  • Finnish: jäykkä — haughty and formal
  • Polish: wyniosły — haughty and formal
Real reading context

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