academicize
transitive verb
ac·a·dem·i·cize
ˌa-kə-ˈde-mə-ˌsīz 
academicized; academicizing; academicizes
: to make (something or someone) academic
especially
: to make (something) a subject of academic study
The seventeenth century turns out to be as grand in cooking as in the other arts, regulating, academicizing the rules of cookery like those of architecture, painting and grammar. —
Eugen Weber, Times Literary Supplement (London), 9 Aug. 1991
Eugen Weber, Times Literary Supplement (London), 9 Aug. 1991
academicization
ˌa-kə-ˌde-mə-sə-ˈzā-shən
noun
-ˌsī-ˈzā-
… the chief change in the production of American novels: their increasing academicization.
—Joseph Epstein, The Middle Of My Tether, 1983
Joseph Epstein, The Middle Of My Tether, 1983
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“Academicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academicize. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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