ACADEMICISM

scholasticism, academicism, academism

(noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Etymology

Noun

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

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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

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