English

Alternative forms

• academicise

Verb

academicize ‎(third-person singular simple present academicizes, present participle academicizing, simple past and past participle academicized)

1. (transitive) To make academic; to turn or absorb into a formal academic subject. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]^[1]

Derived terms

• academicization

References

1. ↑ Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.