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teach-in en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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. 1965 April 9, “Pickets and Bomb Threats Disrupt Michigan Teach-In”, in The New York Times, page 65:
   • 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). 1980, George A. Kourvetaris, Betty A. Dobratz, Political Sociology: Readings in Research and Theory, →ISBN, page 332:
   • 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. 2006, Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time, HarperCollins, page 95:

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