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eduction

American  
[ih-duhk-shuhn] / ɪˈdʌk ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of educing.

  2. something educed.


eduction British  
/ ɪˈdʌkʃən /

noun

  1. something educed

  2. the act or process of educing

  3. the exhaust stroke of a steam or internal-combustion engine Compare induction

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of eduction

1640–50; < Latin ēductiōn- (stem of ēductiō ), equivalent to ēduct ( us ) ( see educt) + -iōn- -ion

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Among those without formal eduction, that drops to eight percent.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

Project 2025 noted that the Civil Penalty Fund was created both to provide money to compensate victims of financial rip-offs and to fund programs in financial literacy and consumer eduction.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2025

Gregory continues and the man says. ”The true value of a college eduction is intangible.”

From Forbes Apr. 7, 2014

But, says Kurt, “the guy walked him through the same statistics, the same eduction that I’d been through.”

From Salon Dec. 22, 2013

But traduction and eduction are equally inexplicable when it is a question of finding the origin of the soul.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard

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