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pedagogue

[ped-uh-gog, -gawg] / ˈpɛd əˌgɒg, -ˌgɔg /


NOUN
dogmatist
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Ever the eager pedagogue, as played with buoyant energy by Mr. Morse, Beckett annotates her performance: “Haydn based that movement of the symphony on a folk song. From Croatia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Still, it’s a pleasure to enjoy something that’s both straight-faced and freewheeling, like a jazz pedagogue who also knows how to get a crowd dancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

Founded in 1933 by a pedagogue named John A. Rice, the school embraced a holistic, interdisciplinary curriculum.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2020

The most idiosyncratic, quirky and brilliant in modern times was Pierre Cochereau, improviser, composer, pedagogue and one of the greatest organists of the 20th century.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2019

I have need neither of a preceptor who pretends to explore into the motives of my actions, nor of a pedagogue who takes it upon himself to instruct me.

From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.




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