- academese
- aca·de·mese
English syllables. 2014.
English syllables. 2014.
academese — /ak euh deuh meez , mees , euh kad euh /, n. pedantic, pretentious, and often confusing academic jargon: a presumably scholarly article written in incomprehensible academese. [ACADEM(IC) + ESE] * * * … Universalium
academese — noun A formal or artificial form of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education. It is not really a language but a style of language that is almost a dialect … Wiktionary
academese — ə¦kadə¦mēz, ¦akəd , ēs noun ( s) Etymology: academic + ese (II) : a style of writing held to be characteristic of academic people … Useful english dictionary
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jargon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lingo, shoptalk, patois, cant, argot, jive (sl.); double talk; gibberish. See concealment, unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Unintelligible, trite, or pretentious speech] Syn. gibberish, mumbo… … English dictionary for students
language — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) System of communication Nouns 1. language, tongue, lingo, vernacular, mother tongue, protolanguage; living or dead language; idiom, parlance, phraseology; wording; dialect, patois, cant, jargon, lingo,… … English dictionary for students
unmeaningness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of meaning or sense Nouns 1. unmeaningness, meaninglessness, senselessness, etc.; absurdity, inanity; ambiguity (see unintelligibility); oxymoron. 2. nonsense, verbiage, mere words, empty sound, dead… … English dictionary for students
gobbledegook — n 1. obfuscation, confusion, complexity, buzz word; educationese, computerese, academese, bureaucratese, legalese, medicalese; wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, prolixness, verbiage, verbalism; diffuseness, profuseness, profusiveness, effusion,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder