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academicize

American  
[ak-uh-dem-uh-sahyz] / ˌæk əˈdɛm əˌsaɪz /
especially British, academicise

verb (used with object)

academicized, academicizing
  1. academize.


Etymology

Origin of academicize

academic + -ize

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