scholasticism, academicism, academism
(noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
Source: WordNet® 3.1
academicism (countable and uncountable, plural academicisms)
(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.]
(art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Academicism (plural Academicisms)
(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.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ac`a*dem"i*cism, n.
1. A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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