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ac·a·dem·i·cism | \ ˌa-kə-ˈde-mə-ˌsi-zəm 
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or less commonly academism \ ə-ˈka-də-ˌmi-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
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