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academicism definition

aca·demi·cism (ak′ə dem′ə siz′əm)

noun

the quality of being academic; esp., formal or pedantic quality, spirit, etc.
also academism acad′·emism′ (ə kad′ə mīz′əm)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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