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Definition of Academicism
1. Noun. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety.
Definition of Academicism
1. n. A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
Definition of Academicism
1. Noun. A tenet of the Academic philosophy. ¹
2. Noun. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. ¹
3. Noun. (context: art) Traditional or orthodox formalism. ¹
4. Noun. (context: classical studies) The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known. ¹
5. Noun. Speculative thoughts and attitudes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Academicism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Academicism
Literary usage of Academicism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art Teaching of John Ruskin by William Gershom Collingwood (1891)
"J. His Relation to academicism.—Beside the practice of Art, which does not in
itself justify philosophic criticism and generalisations of theory, ..."
2. Idola Theatri: A Criticism of Oxford Thought and Thinkers from the by Henry Cecil Sturt, ( (1906)
"The passive fallacy reaches its fullest growth in a climate of academicism. § 4.
It is the Passive Fallacy then, which I take to be the great enveloping ..."
3. The Story of Art Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Record by Salomon Reinach (1904)
"... painted on a colossal scale, look like over-grown paintings for fans. The best
representative of academicism before David was not a Frenchman, ..."
4. The Bookman (1905)
"generally ignoble academicism of my character. Never before or since, I fancy,
has the air of the Adirondack wilderness vibrated more repugnantly to a ..."
5. Poet Lore (1907)
"This quality at times comes perilously near to academicism and pretentiousness.
But, at its truest and best, it is of the essence of the greatest song. ..."
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