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Noun: academism  u'ka-du,mi-zum
  1. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
    - scholasticism, academicism
     
  2. A style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.
    - academic art, academicism

Derived forms: academisms

Type of: artistic style, idiom, traditionalism, traditionality

Encyclopedia: Academism