ə noun
pedantic, pretentious, and often confusing academic jargon: a presumably scholarly article written in incomprehensible academese.
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| 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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Academese
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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