ACADEMICISM Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word academicism. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ACADEMICISM
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| didacticism | nounn | |||||||
noun • communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive | ||||||||
| erudition | nounn | |||||||
noun • profound scholarly knowledge | ||||||||
| formalism | nounn | |||||||
noun • the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented • (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications • the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms | ||||||||
| pedantry | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | ||||||||
| scholarship | nounn | |||||||
noun • financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit • profound scholarly knowledge | ||||||||
| intellectualism | nounn | |||||||
noun • The use or development of the intellect. • The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason. • The use of mental attributes as a criterion or value (intellectual racism). | ||||||||
| academism | nounn | |||||||
noun • orthodoxy of a scholastic variety • a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | ||||||||
| scholasticism | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • orthodoxy of a scholastic variety • the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers | ||||||||
| academic art | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | ||||||||
