2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
ACADEMISM
A*cad"e*mism, n.
Defn: The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.
ACADEMIST
A*cad"e*mist, n. Etym: [F. academiste.]
1. An Academic philosopher.
2. An academician. [Obs.] Ray.
ACADEMY
A*cad"e*my, n.; pl. Academies. Etym: [F. académie, L. academia. Cf.
Academe.]
1. A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.
2. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
3. A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism." Hume.