coeducation

[ koh-ej-oo-key-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the joint education of the sexes at the same institution and in the same classes.

coeducation

/ ˌkəʊɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən /

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; co- + education

Their universal opinion was that no such undesirable results of coeducation were ever observed.

It is necessary that the child should regard coeducation as something perfectly natural.

Coeducation involves, as its name implies, the education of a company of young men and women as a single body.

The early fear that coeducation would result in classroom romances 324 has proved exaggerated.

This experiment in coeducation during the plastic age of youth has not even been undertaken by France.

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