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Definition of academicism noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

academicism

noun

NAmE//ˌækəˈdemɪsɪzəm//

(also academism

NAmE//əˈkædəmɪzəm//

) [uncountable] (technology)

the use of formal rules and traditions in art or literature

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