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Academicism
/ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/
(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.
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noun
- 1
(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.
- 2
Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
- 3
Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
- 4
A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
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