Academicism

See also: academicism

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

academic +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/

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.]^[1]

References

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

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