ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Academese

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ə.kæ.dəˈmiːz/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Academese is a noun meaning (derogatory) A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.

Meaning

(derogatory) A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.

Example Sentences

Sometimes during intellectual conversation, I would switch from academese to my native black English vernacular. I would utter observations replete with black linguistic idioms and colloquialisms.
One way this is communicated is through language use wherein the language of the researcher is often verbose and philosophically or methodologically inaccessible to the nonacademic, also known as academese […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include academicism, academe, pedagoguese, formalese, graecismus, bureaucratese.

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