Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

edumyth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: edumyth
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.

Example Sentences

"FOREWORD: EDUMYTHS AND THE SLEEP OF REASON"
"The authors discuss some of the edu-myths of the time and spend considerable effort debunking them. That the myths themselves sound so familiar in 34 The Attack on Nova Scotia Schools."
"Similarly discredited is the 'edumyth' that the brain's structure is defined by infancy or by adolescence."
"Perhaps teachers have their own set of 'edumyths', beliefs which many (including neuroscientists) might hold but which are not true of education."

Etymology

Blend of education + myth.

Inflected Forms

edumyths (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

neuromyth

Questions

What does edumyth mean?: Pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.
Where does edumyth come from?: Blend of education + myth.

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