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academicism
ac·a·dem·i·cism [ àkə démmə sìzzəm ] or a·cad·e·mism [ ə káddə mìzzəm ]


noun 
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artistic conventionality: a reliance on conventional artistic techniques or an emphasis on the formal aspects of an art form such as painting or poetry
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