educative

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As Stuart Hall once noted, what has been lacking is a sense of politics being educative in order to change the way people see things and understand the larger world.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2021

“These women mostly played supportive or facilitative roles as mothers and wives, as propagandists and recruiters. Some women have been involved in educative, administrative, logistical, social and medical positions,” the brief stated.

From Fox News • Jun. 14, 2019

David Michod, the Australian writer and director, and Netflix have made a movie that is both dark and satirical, emotional and belly-laugh funny, as well as being educative about US interventions.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2017

Photograph: Steve Boyle/Corbis A visit to the sea, politicians believed, would be educative and conducive to good health.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2015

We hardly need to dwell upon the idea that the old heroic myths are the delight of boys and girls, and that this sympathy for the myth is the foundation of its educative power.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)