academicalism

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A form of academicism — 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.

OriginEnglish academical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin acadēmicus →
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Meanings

nounacademicalism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of academicism.
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    Parker appears to have contributed little to his pupil's musicality other than consolidate what Ives had already thought to be the case, that the whole of American musical society was dominated by a German academicalism which had little to offer to the making of a specifically indigenous musical style.

    2008, Justin Wintle, The Concise New Makers of Modern Culture, page 369

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  2. Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
  3. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  4. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
  5. Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
  6. Latinacadēmicus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Englishacademical
  10. Englishacademicalism

From academical + -ism.

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APA

academicalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academicalism

MLA

“academicalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/academicalism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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