propaedeutic

propaedeutic
/proh'pi dooh"tik, -dyooh"-/, adj. Also, propaedeutical.
1. pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
2. introductory to some art or science.
n.
3. a propaedeutic subject or study.
4. propaedeutics, (used with a sing. v.) the preliminary body of knowledge and rules necessary for the study of some art or science.
[1830-40; PRO-2 + Gk paideutikós pertaining to teaching, equiv. to paideú(ein) to teach (deriv. of paîs child; cf. PEDO-1) + -tikos -TIC]

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