Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deuterolearning

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deuterolearn-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Second-order learning; learning how to learn.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The implications of deuterolearning take us into an anthropology that is wonderfully open."
"Deuterolearning implies becoming aware of how organizations single- and double-loop learn—that is, “learning how to learn.”"

Etymology

Coined by English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson, from deutero- (“secondary”) + learning.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does deuterolearning mean?: Second-order learning; learning how to learn.
Where does deuterolearning come from?: Coined by English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson, from deutero- (“secondary”) + learning.

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