academicism

ac·a·dem·i·cism

noun \ˌa-kə-ˈde-mə-ˌsi-zəm\

Definition of ACADEMICISM

1

: the doctrines of Plato's Academy; specifically : the skeptical doctrines of the later Academy holding that nothing can be known — compare pyrrhonism

2

: a formal academic quality (as in art or music)

3

: purely speculative thoughts and attitudes

Variants of ACADEMICISM

ac·a·dem·i·cism also acad·e·mism \ə-ˈka-də-ˌmi-zəm\

First Known Use of ACADEMICISM

1610

Rhymes with ACADEMICISM

abolitionism, agrarianism, anthropomorphism, anti-Semitism, bicameralism, colloquialism, colonialism, constitutionalism, cosmopolitism, ecumenicism, exceptionalism, exhibitionism, existentialism, fundamentalism, Hegelianism, hermaphroditism, hyperrealism, imperialism, industrialism, instrumentalism, interventionism, irrationalism, isolationism, Malthusianism, Manichaeanism, materialism, millennialism, Monophysitism, multilingualism, neoclassicism, Neoplatonism, neorealism, Nestorianism, Occidentalism, orientalism, parochialism, Pelagianism, phenomenalism, photojournalism, pictorialism, Postimpressionism, professionalism, pseudoclassicism, reconstructionism, republicanism, Rosicrucianism, sacerdotalism, self-determinism, sadomasochism, sectarianism, sensationalism, sentimentalism, spiritualism, Tractarianism, traditionalism, transcendentalism, ultramontanism, universalism, utopianism, vocationalism