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Academicism

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English

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Etymology

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From academic +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Academicism (plural Academicisms)

  1. (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.][1]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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