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academize

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a⋅cad⋅e⋅mize

  [uh-kad-uh-mahyz]
Use academize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -mized, -miz⋅ing.
to reduce (a subject) to a rigid set of rules, principles, precepts, etc.: futile attempts to academize the visual arts.
Also, especially British, a⋅cad⋅e⋅mise.

Origin:
1865–70; academ(y) + -ize
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