PEDAGOGISM
Ped"a*gog*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pédagogisme.]
Defn: The system, occupation, character, or manner of pedagogues.
Milton.
Avocation of pedantry and pedagogism. De Foe.
PEDAGOGUE Ped"a*gogue, n. Etym: [F. pédagogue, L. paedagogus, Gr. Page a servant, Agent.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
2. A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.
3. One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant. Goldsmith.
PEDAGOGUE
Ped"a*gogue, v. t. Etym: [Cf. L. paedagogare to instruct.]
Defn: To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior.
PEDAGOGY
Ped"a*go`gy, n. Etym: [Gr. pédagogie.]