countereducational

adjective

coun·​ter·​ed·​u·​ca·​tion·​al ˌkau̇n-tər-ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shnəl 

-shə-nᵊl

variants or counter-educational

1

: opposed to formal education

countereducational attitudes

2

: tending to hinder or interfere with education

a hostile and countereducational school environment

… And is there anything so countereducational? The descriptions of jobs that no longer exist; the often sexist or overly politically correct labels, few of them reflecting the actual life experiences of children today.

—Pamela Paul

3

: being or involving countereducation

countereducational efforts

… the committee offered to launch a countereducational program against the subversives and their propaganda.

—Aaron D. Purcell

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined at sense 3