n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-k ə - ' de-m ə - ˌ si-z ə m
Variant: also acad · e · mism \ ə - ' ka-d ə - ˌ mi-z ə m \
Function: noun
Date: 1610
1 : the doctrines of Plato's Academy specifically : the skeptical doctrines of the later Academy holding that nothing can be known ― compare PYRRHONISM
2 : a formal academic quality (as in art or music)
3 : purely speculative thoughts and attitudes