rubric

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[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-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹuːbɹɪk/, SAMPA: /"ru:brIk/
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[edit] Noun

rubric (plural rubrics)

1. A heading in a book highlighted in red.
2. A title of a category or a class.

   • 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.”

3. An established rule or custom, a guideline.
4. (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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• rubricate

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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