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academicism

noun

Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety

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Word length
11
Starts with
A
Ends with
M
Contains
CA
Scrabble score
20
CEFR level
B1

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Pronunciation

ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩

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noun

  1. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety

noun

  1. Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes.

    “This original book not only initiates such an engagement, it avoids the academicism of much political theory by demonstrating how concepts of justice actually shape public policy.”

noun

  1. A style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.

    “The setting and treatment of the subject here are typical of his artistic approach, which lies between the idealized academicism of Bouguereau and the social realism of Daumier.”

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This original book not only initiates such an engagement, it avoids the academicism of much political theory by demonstrating how concepts of justice actually shape public policy.
The setting and treatment of the subject here are typical of his artistic approach, which lies between the idealized academicism of Bouguereau and the social realism of Daumier.

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