# What is the name for this level of formality in clothing?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-level-of-formality-in-clothing/534383 "2010-03-30T20:34:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-level-of-formality-in-clothing/534383/41 "2010-04-05T18:19:42Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> My first thought upon reading the OP was “academic.”

Answered in one. The style on the OP is not used anywhere outside of academia, I believe. It is also very common in academia. I have seen it across the whole range from backwater community college to MIT. It really is its own thing.

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