rubric
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[edit] English
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- rubrick (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
Through Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *reudh-.
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rubric (plural rubrics)
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- A title of a category or a class.
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- That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
- 2008, Chris Dodd, Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate:
- And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.”
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- An established rule or custom, a guideline.
- (education) A printed set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
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- See also Wikisaurus:class
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heading in a book highlighted in red
printed set of scoring criteria
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[edit] External links
- rubric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rubric in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
