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Origin of educative
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More significant would be the educative potential of the impact, Bothwell noted.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
As Stuart Hall once noted, what has been lacking is a sense of politics being educative in order to change the way people see things and understand the larger world.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2021
“These women mostly played supportive or facilitative roles as mothers and wives, as propagandists and recruiters. Some women have been involved in educative, administrative, logistical, social and medical positions,” the brief stated.
From Fox News ● Jun. 14, 2019
She considers the work – which premieres at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on 28 April – an experiment in pedagogy, an educative experience both for the players and the audience.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2017
The former president of the Duma, Rodzianko, openly talked about handing over Petrograd to the Germans for educative purposes, as Riga had been handed over.
From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Leon Davidovich Trotzky
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