Definitions for academicismˌæk əˈdɛm əˌsɪz əm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ac•a•dem•i•cismˌæk əˈdɛm əˌsɪz əm(n.)
also academism
traditionalism or conventionalism in art, literature, etc.
Category: Fine Arts, Literature
purely speculative thoughts, opinions, or attitudes.
Category: Philosphy
a pedantic quality.
Origin of academicism:
1600–10
Princeton's WordNet
scholasticism, academicism, academism(noun)
orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
Wiktionary
academicism(Noun)
A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
academicism(Noun)
A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
academicism(Noun)
Traditional or orthodox formalism.
academicism(Noun)
The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known.
academicism(Noun)
Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
Webster Dictionary
Academicism(noun)
a tenet of the Academic philosophy
Academicism(noun)
a mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy
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