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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
Under this rubric, women see true crime as educative, watching and reading and listening to learn what to avoid.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Stuart Hall has rightly argued that politics must be educative, that is, it must be capable of "changing the way people see things."
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 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
The factor of external pressure is so strong with most adults that the educative value of the pursuit—its reflex influence upon intelligence and character—however genuine, is incidental, and frequently almost accidental.
From How We Think by John Dewey
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