academicism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

academicism
    n 1: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: {scholasticism},
         {academicism}, {academism}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Academicism \Ac`a*dem"i*cism\, n.
   1. A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
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   2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
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