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academese

Syllables: acad·e·meseUK/əˌkæ.dəˈmiːz/US/əˌkæ.dəˈmiz/

academese noun: a formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.

Noun

academese (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.
    • Sometimes during intellectual conversation, I would switch from academese to my native black English vernacular. I would utter observations replete with black linguistic idioms and colloquialisms.2002, Lory Janelle Dance, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 51
    • One way this is communicated is through language use wherein the language of the researcher is often verbose and philosophically or methodologically inaccessible to the nonacademic, also known as academese […]2016, Anastacia Kurylo, Tatyana Dumova, Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 76

Antonyms of academese

Origin of academese

From academe + -ese (“language of”).

Words that rhyme with academese

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Questions about academese

What does academese mean?
Academese means a formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.
What part of speech is academese?
Academese is a noun.
How do you pronounce academese?
Academese is pronounced /əˌkæ.dəˈmiːz/ (UK).

Words near academese in the dictionary

  1. acadas
  2. academe
  3. academented
  4. academentia
  5. academes
  6. academese
  7. academia
  8. academial
  9. academian
  10. academians
  11. academic

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