Noun: academism u'ka-du,mi-zum
- Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
"His arguments displayed a rigorous academism typical of medieval philosophy";
- scholasticism, academicism
- A style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
"The setting and treatment of the subject here are typical of his artistic approach, which lies between the idealized academism of Bouguereau and the social realism of Daumier.";
- academic art, academicism
Derived forms: academisms
Type of: artistic style, idiom, traditionalism, traditionality
Encyclopedia: Academism