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Academicism
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academicism
English
Alternative forms
en academicism
en academism
Etymology
en :af academic -ism 1 +
Pronunciation
en /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/ RP
en /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/ US
Noun
en classical studies sometimes capitalized 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. First attested in the early 17th century.Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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