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philanthropine|fɪˈlænθrəpɪn|
[ad. Ger. Philanthropin (latinized -inon, -inum), a. Gr. ϕιλανθρώπιν-ον, neuter of ϕιλανθρώπιν-ος adj., rare parallel form of ϕιλάνθρωπος philanthropic (after ἀνθρώπινος human).]
Anglicized form of the name given to the school founded in 1774 by John Bernhard Basedow or Bassedau (1723–90) at Dessau, Germany, for the education of children by his ‘natural system’, in the principles of philanthropy, natural religion, and cosmopolitanism; also any similar institution.
1802tr. De Luc's Lett. conc. Educ. Infancy in Guardian of Educ. 26 Establishments..afterwards multiplied in Germany under the title of Philanthropines; a specious name. 1805Mrs. Trimmer in Southey Life A. Bell (1844) II. 135 M. De Luc..gives there the history of the origin of the Philanthropines, which have done so much mischief. 1865M. Pattison Ess., F. A. Wolf 356 These reformers,..setting up an insitution of their own—the Philanthropinum at Dessau... Education was no longer to bear the stamp of the convent.
Hence philanˈthropinism [ad. Ger. philanthropinismus], the educational system of the philanthropine.
1842in Brande Dict. Sci., etc. |