academize

American  

[uh-kad-uh-mahyz] / əˈkæd əˌmaɪz /

especially British, academise

verb (used with object)

academized, academizing

1. to reduce (a subject) to a rigid set of rules, principles, precepts, etc..

   futile attempts to academize the visual arts.

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Etymology

Origin of academize

First recorded in 1865–70; academ(y) + -ize