educationallyadv.
/ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃn̩əli/, /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃn̩l̩i/, /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃənl̩i/, /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəli/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃn̩əli/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃn̩l̩i/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃənl̩i/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəli/, U.S. /ˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəli/ With respect to education; from an educational point of view.rare before early 19th cent.
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society > education > [adverb]
educationally1681
1681 M. Lane Protestant School 102/1 Educationally.
1763 J. Inglis Little Bk. Open Introd. p. v The Current of popular Sentiments and Opinions did originate or were derived from the Superintendants of Society, the educationally and professedly Learned.
1817 S. C. Wilks Christian Ess. I. 28 A man thus naturally or educationally inclined.
1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. viii. 196 Educationally considered, the sister isle is not an ignorant country.
1886 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 20 Feb. 3 The Durham course is educationally better than what a Theological College is able to offer.
1938 J. Hilton To you, Mr. Chips i. 21 The school was perhaps a better-than-average example, both educationally and structurally, of its type.
1970 Times 29 Oct. 11/7 Assuming them to be socially and educationally just—which they are not—loans would not make economic sense.
2001 W. J. Popham Truth about Testing viii. 147 The current misuses of unsound high-stakes tests can harm children educationally.
Compounds
educationally disadvantaged (a) n. (with the) people suffering from disadvantages relating to the provision of their education, those who lack educational opportunities, esp. for economic or social reasons; (b) adj. having or characterized by such disadvantages.
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1917 Missionary Voice Jan. 9/2 It..is simply an effort to bring to the educationally disadvantaged the opportunity of common learning.
1929 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 34 1142 The welfare of this ‘educationally disadvantaged’ portion of our citizenry concerns the nation as a whole.
1994 J. R. Henig Rethinking School Choice 193 The model can accommodate redistributory adjuncts (like proposals that vouchers or ‘scholarships’ should be larger for the educationally disadvantaged).
2008 Evening Standard (Nexis) 25 Sept. 51 Colleges will skew their entrance procedures towards those perceived to come from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds.
educationally subnormal now historical (a) adj. (frequently derogatory) having a low or below average level of education or intelligence; spec. (of a child) having learning difficulties and considered unable to be taught in ordinary schools; abbreviated ESN (b) n. (with the) educationally subnormal people or children collectively.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > learning impairment > [adjective]
silly1568
retarded1895
subnormal1898
educationally subnormal1916
society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adjective] > educationally subnormal
educationally subnormal1916
subnormal1919
1916 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 31 3450 A malarious population may therefore be expected to be physically and educationally subnormal.
1945 Times 19 Apr. 8/5 New draft regulations published by the Ministry of Education... The partially sighted, the partially deaf, the educationally sub-normal, and those suffering from other physical handicaps may be educated in ordinary schools.
1945 Hansard Commons 29 Nov. 1748 Provision for the special educational treatment of educationally sub-normal children rests on Section 33 of the Education Act, 1944, and on the Handicapped Pupils and School Health Service Regulations, 1945.
1960 Where? 3 13/2 Educationally Subnormal (ESN), an expression used to describe children whose I.Q. is between about 55 and about 80.
1979 T. Sanchez Up & Down with Rolling Stones (1996) xvi. 162 At the front of the stage..skinny, spotty, educationally subnormal Hell's Angels shoved people around.
1999 A. Bahra & K. Cikurel Neurology (2004) 63/2 It [sc. oromandibular dystonia] may also occur in patients on long-term neuroleptic therapy, the elderly, and the educationally subnormal.
2009 M. Fitzpatrick Defeating Autism iii. 29 In the 1980s, the policy of integrating children with special educational needs displaced the post-war policy of segregating children labelled as 'educationally subnormal' in special schools.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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