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academese language typical of academies or the world of learning; pedantic language. See also: Language, Language StyleHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Unfortunately, the cumbersome academese Young employs undermines the power derived from the radicalism of placing people of color at the center of 1960s American history and will probably deter those who could most benefit from her insightful work. Even readers sympathetic with Avant's apparently democratic socialism may conclude that the prophetic voice does not speak very eloquently in academese. It is even unusually well and fluently written, free of needless jargon except for some fancy terms such as "paralipsis," and untainted by academese except for the recourse to the ". |
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