academese

English

Etymology

From academe +‎ -ese (“language of”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ə.kæ.dəˈmiːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ə.kæ.dəˈmiz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

academese (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.

   Coordinate term: journalese

   • 2002, Lory Janelle Dance, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 51:

     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.

   • 2016, Anastacia Kurylo, Tatyana Dumova, Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 76:

     One way this is communicated is through language use wherein the language of the researcher is often verbose and philosophically or methodologically inaccessible to the nonacademic, also known as academese […]

Translations

artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education

• German: Fachchinesisch (de) n (pejorative)
• Portuguese: academês m