[ak-uh-duh-meez, -mees, uh-kad-uh-] 
| pedantic, pretentious, and often confusing academic jargon: a presumably scholarly article written in incomprehensible academese. |
| Main Entry: | academese |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the learned and often dry style and diction of an academic or scholar |
| Example: | Extreme styles are pejoratively referred to as academese, such as: 'Chieftaincy as a sanctional source, a symbolic referent, an integrational integer, and for ethnic and sub-ethnic definition, represents an orientational base for the charismatic |
| Etymology: | a blend of 'academy' and '-ese' |
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