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academism

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a·cad·e·mism  (-kd-mzm)
n.
Variant of academicism.

academicism, academism
1. the mode of teaching or of procedure in a private school, college, or university.
2. a tendency toward traditionalism or conventionalism in art, literature, music, etc.
3. any attitudes or ideas that are learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality. — academie, n., adj. — academist, n.
See also: Learning
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.academism - orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
traditionalism, traditionality - strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings


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Pataux guides us toward reconsidering the disturbing relationship between European primitivism and the Ecole de Dakar, claiming that the artists "are torn between European academism and a certain `primitivism,' and they are not sure if this primitivism is authentic or whether they are inventing it to meet our expectations" (1974:59).
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