academism
/əˈkæd.əˌmɪz.əm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "For art, academism is death. Academism is the painting in the manner of some one else, whether that other be Greek or Florentine, […]"
- "Contemporary Canadian art suffers from new academisms. […], her reaction is through Keats, Shelley and Byron. Her writing, based on these is perfection itself but still an academism and therefore non-contributive."
- "[…] since this is the great principle of Academism and Scepticism, That Truth cannot be perceived, […]"
- "Skeptical Academism, on the other hand, was certainly influenced by Empiricism’s topics […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. Classical Latin acadēmī̆ader. Middle English Achademia English academy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English academism From academy + -ism.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkæd.əˌmɪz.əm/