education
noun
the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
overeducation
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a word derived from
education.
Example Sentences
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Luther Burbank, in an article on "The Training of the Human Plant," says: The curse of modern child life in America is overeducation, overconfinement, overrestraint.
From Civics and Health by William H. Allen
The overeducation of the poor is a heartless thing.
From As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home by Henry Pearson Gratton
