Academism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. Classical Latin acadēmī̆ader. Middle English Achademia English academy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Academism From academy + -ism.
Meanings
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(historical, uncountable) The philosophy of the Platonic Academy; Hellenistic Platonism and skepticism.
[…] since this is the great principle of Academism and Scepticism, That Truth cannot be perceived, […]
1733, Andrew Baxter, An Inquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul, volume 2, A. Millar, published 1745, page 254:Skeptical Academism, on the other hand, was certainly influenced by Empiricism’s topics […]
2018, Fabio Stok, “Medical Sects: Herophilus, Erasistratus, Empiricists”, in Paul T. Keyser, John Scarborough, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World, →ISBN, page 371: