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How to pronounce “paideia”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of paideia with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Ricardo Semler: Radical wisdom for a company, a school, a life 21 minutes
A tutor, in the old sense of the Greek "paideia": Look after the kid.
- Definition summary
- (Ancient Greece, historical, education) An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing on integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy
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How to pronounce paideia
Ricardo Semler: Radical wisdom for a company, a school, a life 21 minutes

A tutor, in the old sense of the Greek "paideia": Look after the kid.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “paideia”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (Ancient Greece, historical, education) An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing on integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy
- (Ancient Greece, historical, education) The epitome of physical and intellectual achievement to which an Ancient Greek citizen could aspire; societal and cultural perfection.
- (Early Christianity, historical, education) An early model of Christian higher learning having theology as its chief subject.
- (US, education, frequently attributive) A pedagogical system focusing on providing children with a broad and balanced education.
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