| Academicism |
| A tenet of the Academic philosophy. |
| Academicism |
| A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. |
| Academism |
| The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. |
| Academist |
| An Academic philosopher. |
| Academist |
| An academician. |
| Academies |
| of Academy |
| Academy |
| A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero
Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical
conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head. |
| Academy |
| An institution for the study of higher learning; a college
or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding
a rank between a college and a common school. |
| Academy |
| A place of training; a school. |
| Academy |
| A society of learned men united for the advancement of the
arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science;
as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
academies of literature and philology. |
