Meaning of academicked | Babel Free
Definitions
Made academic; divorced from reality and made abstruse or pedantic.
derogatory, nonce-word, not-comparable
Examples
“Where much contemporary poetry has either declared craft obsolete, become⟳ so avante-garde as to resemble⟳ bad French experimental films from the 1930s, or become⟳ academicked to death, feminist poetry, perhaps because of the close⟳ interconnection between its artists and audience, has continued to show⟳ vigor, life, and determination.”
“But he had strong reservations about her plans for a children's television series. With its platoon of educational advisers, the show⟳ was bound to be "academicked to death."”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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