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
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
The text is littered with unfortunate examples of academese — respectification, dietetics, the Noachian deluge.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2010
But I also suspect that “The Most Dangerous Book” could represent a trend: Rising young scholars may be over-correcting for the excesses of recent academese by adopting a supercharged, snazzily cinematic style of writing.
From Washington Post
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