Academism

//əˈkæd.əˌmɪz.əm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of academicism alt-of, alternative

    "For art, academism is death. Academism is the painting in the manner of some one else, whether that other be Greek or Florentine, […]"

  2. 2
    The philosophy of the Platonic Academy; Hellenistic Platonism and skepticism. historical, uncountable

    "[…] since this is the great principle of Academism and Scepticism, That Truth cannot be perceived, […]"

  3. 3
    orthodoxy of a scholastic variety wordnet
  4. 4
    a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. wordnet

Synonyms

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academic artacademicismscholasticismscholasticism

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"For art, academism is death. Academism is the painting in the manner of some one else, whether that other be Greek or Florentine, […]"

Etymology

From academy + -ism.

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