akadēmisms
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From akadēm(ija) (“academy”) + -isms. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]akadēmisms m (1st declension)
- academicism (predisposition, propensity for theoretical work, disengaged from the requirements of practical and social life)
- ieslīgt akademismā ― to fall into academicism
- (art) academicism, academism (orientation, trend in art that focuses on traditional practices and rules, on classical models and examples, distancing itself from life)
- komponista jaunradē jūtam zināmu akadēmismu un atturību melodikas veidošanā, tai dažos gadījumos trūkst sirsnības, siltuma ― in the composer's new creation we feel a certain academicism and restraint in the melody, at times it lacks sincerity, warmth
- mākslinieka gleznotie portreti radīja šajā disciplīnā jaunas, mākslinieciski augstvērtīgas kategorijas un atrāva to no konvencionālā akadēmisma ― the artist's portraits show in their discipline new categories of high artistic quality and distanced him from conventional academicism
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | akadēmisms | — |
| genitive | akadēmisma | — |
| dative | akadēmismam | — |
| accusative | akadēmismu | — |
| instrumental | akadēmismu | — |
| locative | akadēmismā | — |
| vocative | akadēmism | — |