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ac•a•de•mese



Pronunciation: (ak"u-du-mēz', -mēs', u-kad"u-), [key]
—n.
pedantic, pretentious, and often confusing academic jargon: a presumably scholarly article written in incomprehensible academese.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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