ACADEMICISM


Meaning of ACADEMICISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-kə-ˈde-mə-ˌsi-zəm ]

noun

also acad·e·mism ə-ˈka-də-ˌmi-zəm

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.