SINCE 1828
academicism
noun
ac·a·dem·i·cism
| \ ˌa-kə-ˈde-mə-ˌsi-zəm
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or less commonly academism \ ə-ˈka-də-ˌmi-zəm
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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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