Definition of Academism

1. Noun. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety.

Exact synonyms: Academicism, Scholasticism
Generic synonyms: Traditionalism, Traditionality

Definition of Academism

1. n. The doctrines of the Academic philosophy.

Definition of Academism

1. Noun. (obsolete): The philosophy advocated by the Platonic academy Academy; Platonism, skepticism. ¹

2. Noun. Alternative form of academicism. ¹

3. Noun. (context: art) A style or a work of art which lacks innovation or individualism, being similar to established and much studied art; academic art. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Academism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Academism

academician
academicians
academicianship
academicianships
academicism
academicisms
academicization
academicize
academicized
academicizes
academicizing
academick
academics
academies
academies and institutes
academism
academisms
academist
academists
academization
academizations
academize
academized
academizes
academizing
academy
academy figure
acadesine
acadian
acai

Literary usage of Academism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1916)
"I confess to sympathy with all who reject traditional academism in art. ... I regret still more the persistence of this academism in America and sincerely ..."

2. Cubists and Post-impressionism by Arthur Jerome Eddy (1914)
"It is indisputable that several of the aesthetic declarations of our French comrades display a sort of masked academism. " Is it not, indeed, ..."

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