ACADEMISM

scholasticism, academicism, academism

(noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

academism (plural academisms)

Alternative form of academicism [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

Etymology

Noun

Academism (uncountable)

(obsolete): The philosophy advocated by the Platonic Academy; Platonism, skepticism.

Source: Wiktionary


A*cad"e*mism, n.

Definition: The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 December 2024

ALIENATED

(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”


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