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pedagogy

noun · 6 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑd͡ʒi/
  • General-American: /ˈpɛdəˌɡoʊd͡ʒi/
  • General-American: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑɡi/
  • rhymes with -ɒdʒi
  • rhymes with -ɒɡi
  • rhymes with -əʊdʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: P EH1 D AH0 G OW2 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The profession of teaching.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The strategies or methods of instruction; their study and development; an educational philosophy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he received no formal education
  • our instruction was carefully programmed
  • good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: education, instruction, teaching, didactics, educational activity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: coeducation, continuing education, course, course of study, course of instruction, class, elementary education, extension, extension service, university extension, extracurricular activity, higher education, secondary education, team teaching, work-study program

5

noun

Meaning 5

the profession of a teacher

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he prepared for teaching while still in college
  • pedagogy is recognized as an important profession

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: teaching, instruction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: education

Narrower terms: catechesis, catechetical instruction, language teaching, teaching reading, schooling, indoctrination, tutelage, tuition, tutorship, lesson, sleep-learning, hypnopedia, spoonfeeding, lecture, lecturing

6

noun

Meaning 6

the principles and methods of instruction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: teaching method, pedagogics

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: method

Narrower terms: Socratic method, maieutic method

History

Etymology

From Middle French pédagogie, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία (paidagōgía). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogy.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pedagogjia — profession of teaching
  • Aragonese: pedagochía — profession of teaching
  • Armenian: մանկավարժություն (mankavaržutʻyun) — profession of teaching
  • Asturian: pedagoxía — profession of teaching
  • Azerbaijani: pedaqoji — profession of teaching
  • Belarusian: педагогіка (pjedahóhika) — profession of teaching
  • Breton: pedagogiezh — profession of teaching
  • Bulgarian: педагогика (pedagogika) — profession of teaching
  • Carpathian Rusyn: педаґоґіка (pedagogika) — profession of teaching
  • Catalan: pedagogia — profession of teaching
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教育學 /教育学 (jiàoyùxué) — profession of teaching
  • Cornish: adhyskoniethel — profession of teaching
  • Cornish: adhyskonieth — profession of teaching
  • Czech: pedagogika — profession of teaching
  • Danish: pædagogik — profession of teaching
  • Dutch: pedagogiek — profession of teaching
  • Dutch: opvoedkunde — profession of teaching
  • Esperanto: pedagogio — profession of teaching
  • Estonian: kasvatusteadus — profession of teaching
  • Estonian: pedagoogika — profession of teaching
  • Finnish: pedagogiikka — profession of teaching
  • French: pédagogie — profession of teaching
  • Friulian: pedagogjie — profession of teaching
  • Galician: pedagoxía — profession of teaching
  • Georgian: პედაგოგიკა (ṗedagogiḳa) — profession of teaching
  • German: Pädagogik — profession of teaching
  • Hungarian: pedagógia — profession of teaching
  • Icelandic: uppeldisfræði — profession of teaching
  • Ido: pedagogio — profession of teaching
  • Indonesian: pedagogi — profession of teaching
  • Interlingua: pedagogia — profession of teaching
  • Irish: oideolaíocht — profession of teaching
  • Japanese: 教育学 (kyōikugaku) — profession of teaching
  • Kazakh: педагогика (pedagogika) — profession of teaching
  • Korean: 교육학 (gyoyukhak) — profession of teaching
  • Kyrgyz: педагогика (pedagogika) — profession of teaching
  • Latin: paedagōgīa — profession of teaching
  • Latvian: pedagoģija — profession of teaching
  • Lithuanian: pedagogika — profession of teaching
  • Luxembourgish: Pedagogik — profession of teaching
  • Macedonian: педагогија (pedagogija) — profession of teaching
  • Malay: pedagogi — profession of teaching
  • Māori: mahi whakaako — profession of teaching
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pedagogikk — profession of teaching
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pedagogikk — profession of teaching
  • Occitan: pedagogia — profession of teaching
  • Pannonian Rusyn: педаґоґия (pedagogija) — profession of teaching
  • Polish: pedagogika — profession of teaching
  • Portuguese: pedagogia — profession of teaching
  • Portuguese: ensino — profession of teaching
  • Russian: педаго́гика (pedagógika) — profession of teaching
  • Scots: pedagogy — profession of teaching
  • Scottish Gaelic: teagasg — profession of teaching
  • Serbo-Croatian: pedagògija — profession of teaching
  • Slovak: pedagogika — profession of teaching
  • Slovene: pedagogika — profession of teaching
  • Spanish: pedagogía — profession of teaching
  • Swahili: pedagojia — profession of teaching
  • Swedish: pedagogik — profession of teaching
  • Tagalog: palaaralan — profession of teaching
  • Tajik: педагогика (pedagogika) — profession of teaching
  • Thai: ครุศาสตร์ (ká-rú-sàat) — profession of teaching
  • Thai: ศึกษาศาสตร์ (sʉ̀k-sǎa-sàat) — profession of teaching
  • Turkish: pedagoji — profession of teaching
  • Ukrainian: педагогіка (pedahohika) — profession of teaching
  • Uzbek: pedagogika — profession of teaching
  • Vietnamese: phương pháp giáo dục — profession of teaching
  • Võro: kasvatustiidüs — profession of teaching
  • Võro: pedagoogiga — profession of teaching
  • Waray-Waray: pedagohiya — profession of teaching
  • Arabic: مهنَة التدريس — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Arabic: تَعْلِيم (taʕlīm) — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Azerbaijani: pedaqoji — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Bengali: তালিম (talim) — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Bulgarian: педагогика (pedagogika) — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教學法 /教学法 (jiàoxuéfǎ) — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Finnish: pedagogiikka — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Finnish: kasvatustiede — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Icelandic: uppeldisfræði — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Interlingua: pedagogia — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Irish: oideolaíocht — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Māori: pūtoiako — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pedagogikk — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pedagogikk — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Portuguese: pedagogia — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Russian: педаго́гика (pedagógika) — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Scottish Gaelic: teagasg — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Serbo-Croatian: pedagògija — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Spanish: pedagogía — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • Turkish: pedagoji — activities of educating, teaching or instructing
Real reading context

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