pedagoguism, pedagogism
(ˈpɛdəgɒˌgɪz(ə)m, -gəʊˌdʒɪz(ə)m)
[f. pedagogue (or its Gr. original) + -ism. Cf. obs. F. paidagogisme (16th c. on Littré).]
The character, spirit, or office of a pedagogue; the system of pedagogy (quot. 1836).
| 1642 Milton Apol. Smect. vii. 34 German rutters, of meat, and of ink, which..may prove good to heale this tetter of Pedagoguisme that bespreads him. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Pedagogism, the office of a Pedagogue. 1836 Blackw. Mag. XL. 594 Pedagogueism should be made so universal..that every mental study..should be included and confined within the schools. 1838 Ibid. XLIII. 768 Literature and pedagogism are in Germany identic in spirit. |