pedagogue:
(also with the spelling ‘pedagog‘; plural: ‘pedagogues‘; pronunciation: both the letters ‘g’ are said with a ‘g’ sound as in “gun”, and the letters ‘ue’ are silent — for the right pronunciation, please click here)
a person who teaches/instruct others;
a teacher who is too much concerned with or particular about rules;
an educator;
a person who sets or expresses dogma, i.e. wants others to follow principles, rules, etc., usually religious principles, very strictly and with too much authority,
e.g.
The clergymen in our community are a sort of pedagogues.
A new word called ‘medagogue’ which is related to the issue of ‘medical health care in the USA’ has entered into the US political arena. For an article that mentions this word, please click here & please click here.
