academese
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of academese
Example Sentences
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There are the peddlers of “civil disagreement” — I like to think of them as trolls in tweed blazers, who cloak themselves in academese and are “just trying to have a measured conversation.”
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2019
The second act, which shifts between a 2003 symposium, steeped in academese, and a 1973 talk show, steeped in gin, is more like a screwball tragedy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2019
Sometimes pretentious academese darkens the commentary too, though a few mini-essays, such as Mandy Kahn’s on “Ives,” are almost as good as the poems they illuminate.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2019
Sure, the primary vilification of academese comes courtesy of good old anti-intellectualism, and its practitioners aren’t exactly jumping to read an unapologetically intellectual defense such as this.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2017
The main difference between good writing and turgid mush — academese, corporatese, and so on — is that good writing is a window onto the world.
From Nature ● Sep. 30, 2014
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