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academicise

academicise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of academicize.

Meaning of academicize

Verb

academicize (third-person singular simple present academicizes, present participle academicizing, simple past and past participle academicized)

  1. (transitive) To make academic; to turn or absorb into a formal academic subject.

Forms of academicise

third-person singular presentacademicises
present participleacademicising
past participleacademicised
pastacademicised

Origin of academicise

From academic + -ise.

Questions about academicise

What is academicise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Academicise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of academicize.

Words near academicise in the dictionary

  1. academicals
  2. academician
  3. academicians
  4. academicianship
  5. academicianships
  6. academicise
  7. academicised
  8. academicises
  9. academicising
  10. academicism
  11. academicisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: academicise (page history and authors); academicize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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