Academie francaise
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Historical Examples
Of her influence we need no better evidence than the fact that her salon was called the antechamber to the academie francaise.
The Women of the French Salons Amelia Gere Mason
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- Academy
a secondary or high school, especially a private one. a school or college for special instruction or training in a subject: a military academy. an association or institution for the advancement of art, literature, or science: the National Academy of Arts and Letters. a group of authorities and leaders in a field of scholarship, art, […]
- Academise
to reduce (a subject) to a rigid set of rules, principles, precepts, etc.: futile attempts to academize the visual arts.
- Academize
to reduce (a subject) to a rigid set of rules, principles, precepts, etc.: futile attempts to academize the visual arts.
- Academism
. Philosophy. the philosophy of the school founded by Plato.