academese en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˌkæ.dəˈmiːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˌkæ.dəˈmiz/ (US)
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. New Latin acadēmī̆abor. English academe Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English academese From academe + -ese (“language of”).
Meanings
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(derogatory, uncountable) A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.
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 […]
2016, Anastacia Kurylo, Tatyana Dumova, Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 76: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.
2002, Lory Janelle Dance, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 51:
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Relateds
journalese · bureaucratese · legalese
Translations (3)
de Fachchinesisch (artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education) · ko 학술적 전문 용어 (artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education) · pt academês (artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education)