Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
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Unlearned
//ʌnˈlɝnɪd//
Synonyms for "unlearned" (109 found)
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13 translations across 6 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγράμματος adj (uneducated)
- ἀπαίδευτος adj (uneducated)
Finnish
2 entries- kömpelö adj (of behavior, innate)
- oppimaton adj (uneducated)
French
4 entries- ignorant adj (uneducated)
- illettré adj (uneducated)
- inculte adj (uneducated)
- inérudit adj (uneducated)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 adj (uneducated)
Hungarian
1 entries- tanulatlan adj (uneducated)
Latin
3 entries- illitterātus adj (uneducated)
- indoctus adj (uneducated)
- inērudītus adj (uneducated)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
We want to believe that people learned their behavior patterns because that allows us to feel some measure of confidence that parenting makes a difference; that positive life experiences can win out over negative ones; and that unhealthy, ineffective behaviors can be unlearned.
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If fears are learned, they can be unlearned.
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Old habits must be unlearned.
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