reeducate

verb

re·​ed·​u·​cate (ˌ)rē-ˈe-jə-ˌkāt 

reeducated; reeducating; reeducates

transitive verb

: to train again

especially : to rehabilitate through education

reeducation

(ˌ)rē-ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shən 

noun

reeducative

(ˌ)rē-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-tiv 

adjective

Examples of reeducate in a Sentence

The program reeducates people about how to eat in a more healthful way.

We need to reeducate the workers who lost their jobs when the factory closed.

Recent Examples on the Web

The state wants Exxon to pay billions of dollars and to reeducate the public that the vast majority of plastic isn’t recyclable and is just trash. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024

Like Astrid and Lydia before her, Gen Z is being reeducated via horror-movie camp humor. —Armond White, National Review, 11 Sep. 2024

What will not be disputed, however, is the way in which the U.S. military learned from its initial blunders, adapted, retrained and reeducated its soldiers, transitioned seamlessly from counterinsurgency to stability operations, and strengthened the capacity of Iraqi forces. —Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011

The label was removed after California Hospital Medical Center turned in a plan that included reeducating staff in its labor and delivery department on detecting and treating hemorrhages, according to the state report on its findings. —Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023

That label was dropped after the hospital submitted a plan to fix the problems, including reeducating nurses on measures to prevent blood clots. —Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023

In the midst of a hedonistic era, Deyhle had a vision of holistically treating illnesses and also reeducating people about food. —Janine Di Giovanni, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023

In the context of entrepreneurship, having an educator’s mindset means constantly striving to educate and reeducate the people around you about your vision. —Yec, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022

In the fifth Scream, the killer is motivated to bring things back to basics and reeducate the next generation about classic scares of yore. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reeducate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Kids Definition

reeducate

verb

re·​ed·​u·​cate (ˈ)rē-ˈej-ə-ˌkāt 

: to train again

especially : to cause to develop new attitudes or habits through education

reeducation

(ˌ)rē-ˌej-ə-ˈkā-shən 

noun

Medical Definition

reeducate

transitive verb

re·​ed·​u·​cate (ˈ)rē-ˈej-ə-ˌkāt 

reeducated; reeducating

: to subject to reeducation