Definition of ACADEMICISM

academicism

Meanings

Plural: academicisms

Noun

  • orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
  • 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.
  • Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
  • Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
  • A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.

Origin / Etymology

From academic + -ism.

Scrabble Score: 20

academicism is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
academicism is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
academicism is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

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