The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PEDANTRY which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 1999.
Academic purism crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PEDANTRY | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Academic purism
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pedantry
- purist
- conventionalism
- determinism
- eclecticism
- historicism
- idealism
- intellectualism
- minimalism
- naturalism
- nominalism
- objectivism
Crossword Answer definitions
PEDANTRY noun- An excessive attention to detail or rules.
- An overly ambitious display of learning.
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