academicism
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See also: Academicism
English[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/
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Noun[edit]
academicism (countable and uncountable, plural academicisms)
- (classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- (art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
- Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
- A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
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Translations[edit]
A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
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A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
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art: traditional or orthodox formalism.
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References[edit]
- ^ Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.