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pro·pae·deu·tic

(prō′pĭ-do͞o′tĭk, -dyo͞o′-)
adj.
Providing introductory instruction.
n.
Preparatory instruction.
[From Greek propaideuein, to teach beforehand : pro-, before; see pro-2 + paideuein, to teach (from pais, paid-, child; see pedo-2).]
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propaedeutic

(ˌprəʊpɪˈdjuːtɪk)
n
(Education) (often plural) preparatory instruction basic to further study of an art or science
adj
(Education) of, relating to, or providing such instruction
[C19: from Greek propaideuein to teach in advance, from pro-2 + paideuein to rear]
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pro•pae•deu•tic

(ˌproʊ pɪˈdu tɪk, -ˈdyu-)

adj. Also, pro`pae•deu′ti•cal.
1. pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
n.
2. a propaedeutic subject or study.
[1830–40; pro-2 + Greek paideutikós pertaining to teaching =paideú(ein) to teach]
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propaedeutic

- A subject or course of study that is an introduction to more advanced study or to an art or science.
See also related terms for introduction.
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Noun 1. propaedeutic - a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)
Adj. 1. propaedeutic - preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"
preceding - existing or coming before
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propaedeutic

n (form) → Propädeutik f
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Clearly, the Athenaeum retained throughout its first phase a propaedeutical character, fulfilling the felt need of its founders to perform a bridging function of transitioning students into university, even though it sometimes provided some competition for universities toward the end of the seventeenth century.
Dirk van Miert. Humanism in an Age of Science: The Amsterdam Athenaeum in the Golden Age, 1632-1704
4.4 Marshall's Pure-Exchange Models: Limitations and Extensions While Marshall's model of the Edgeworth Box economy is obviously propaedeutical to his 'temporary equilibrium' model, the latter is in turn propaedeutical to his normal equilibrium models, which absorb by far the largest part of Marshall's attention in Book V of the Principles and can rightly be regarded as the crowning of the Marshallian theory of value.
Marshall vs. Walras on equilibrium and disequilibrium

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