Definition & Meaning | English word ACADEMICISM

Definitions of ACADEMICISM

1. Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
3. (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.]
4. (art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
5. (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.]

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