Meanings
- derogatoryuncountableA formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.
Sometimes during intellectual conversation, I would switch from academese to my native black English vernacular. I would utter observations replete with black linguistic idioms and colloquialisms.
2002, Lory Janelle Dance, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 511 more example
One way this is communicated is through language use wherein the language of the researcher is often verbose and philosophically or methodologically inaccessible to the nonacademic, also known as academese […]
2016, Anastacia Kurylo, Tatyana Dumova, Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
- Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
- New Latinacadēmī̆a
- Englishacademe
- Englishacademese
From academe + -ese (“language of”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Fachchinesisch
- Fachchinesischartificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education
Korean 학술적 전문 용어
- 학술적 전문 용어 (haksuljeok jeonmun yong'eo)artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education
Portuguese academês
- academêsartificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with academese
Cite this entry
academese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academese
“academese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academese. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “academese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academese.
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