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/paɪˈdeɪ.ə/ · noun
(Ancient Greece, historical, education) An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing on integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy.
Use paideia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Paideia means (Ancient Greece, historical, education) An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing on integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy.
Common synonyms include humanitas.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use paideia where its definition matches the intended context.
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