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teach-in

noun

Etymology

From teach + -in, modeled after sit-in.

  1. derived from *deyḱ-✻ — “to show”
  2. inherited from *taikijaną✻ — “to show”
  3. inherited from *taikijan✻
  4. inherited from tǣċan — “to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”
  5. inherited from techen
  6. formed as teach-in — “teach + -in”

Definitions

  1. An extended session of lectures, debates or discussions on a matter of public interest,…

    An extended session of lectures, debates or discussions on a matter of public interest, usually social or political, as a form of protest.

    • Bomb threats and pickets disrupted an all-night "teach-in" tonight at Michigan State University.
    • A more direct example of linkages between elite dissent and mass protest is the "Teach-In" movement which began in March 1965 at the University of Michigan (Menashe and Radosh, 1967).
    • He was a cohost of our Johannesburg teach-in and helped orchestrate a conclusion to the teach-in that was even more memorable than its beginning.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA