educationese
- noun
- /ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃəniz/
- Jargon
:
jerga educativa
- Many parents find it frustrating to decipher the complex language of educationese used in school meetings.
Examples
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Many parents find educationese confusing.
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She tried to avoid using educationese when explaining the new curriculum to families.
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The principal's letter was written in so much educationese that parents struggled to understand it.
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Critics argue that educationese makes important information less accessible to the public.
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The report was filled with educationese that baffled the board.
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The report was filled with educationese, making it hard for anyone outside the teaching profession to understand.
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Her explanation was full of educationese, leaving the audience confused about the main points.
Synonyms
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7.2
Words used by a group or job that others cannot understand
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7.8
Words and phrases a group uses that people outside it do not understand
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9.9
Confusing speech or writing full of technical words that most people cannot understand
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9.8
Language that is hard to understand because it uses many difficult words or nonsense
Confusing education words that sound important but mean little
Complicated words used in universities that make ideas hard to understand
Antonyms
How Technical
- Specialized
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4.4
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7.2
- Jargon
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Educationese joins education and the ending -ese, which shows 'language' or 'style', as in legalese. So educationese means the special, often hard-to-understand language used by teachers and schools.