academese - 2 dictionary results
| 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' |
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
Copyright © 2003-2008 Dictionary.com, LLC
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2003-2008 Dictionary.com, LLC
Cite This Source
ac⋅a⋅de⋅mese
[ak-uh-duh-meez, -mees, uh-kad-uh-] 
ə
–noun
| pedantic, pretentious, and often confusing academic jargon: a presumably scholarly article written in incomprehensible academese. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
Share :
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
