reeducate
or re-ed·u·cate
to educate again, as for new purposes: Companies are reeducating some of the traditional energy sector workforce to pivot to new careers in green energy or technology.
to rehabilitate or reform through education, training, indoctrination, etc.: If the state invests in reeducating inmates, a combination of vocational programs and counseling could lower recidivism.
to rehabilitate after injury or illness for resumption of activities, as with physical therapy, assistive devices, or adaptive equipment: Electrical stimulation may reeducate contractions of the quadriceps.
Origin of reeducate
1Other words from reeducate
- re·ed·u·ca·tion [ree-ej-oo-key-shuhn], /ri ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- re·ed·u·ca·tive [ree-ej-oo-key-tiv], /riˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪ tɪv/, adjective
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How to use reeducate in a sentence
Few communities have the resources to offer meaningful programs that try to re-educate offenders.
Rehabilitate, reconstruct, re-educate—these are familiar terms in this hour of stress and world conflict.
Five Lectures on Blindness | Kate M. FoleyThe working class, under the leadership of its vanguard, must itself re-educate itself on the foundations of Socialism.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy | Leon TrotskyBut we'll begin in a small way to re-educate them with this picture.
The Ego Machine | Henry KuttnerI returned to the store disheartened at first, but after a time my courage revived, and I resolved to re-educate myself.
Peter Parley's Own Story | Samuel G. Goodrich
We must therefore retrace our steps and re-educate the bowel systematically to empty itself at a certain time every day.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) | W. Grant Hague
British Dictionary definitions for re-educate
to teach or show (someone) something new or in a different way
Derived forms of re-educate
- re-education, noun
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