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academese

  • /əˌkæ.dəˈmiːz/ UK
  • /əˌkæ.dəˈmiz/ US

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noun

  1. derogatory, uncountable A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education. 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.

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noun artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education

한국어학술적 전문 용어 haksuljeok jeonmun yong'eo
Portuguêsacademês
DeutschFachchinesisch

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@misc{academese_2026,
  title = {academese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/academese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}