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Academia (noun)
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
“Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.”
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Academia (noun)
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
“Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.”
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Academe (noun)
The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met. First attested in the late 16th century.Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Academe (noun)
An academy; a place of learning. First attested in the late 16th century.
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Academe (noun)
The scholarly life, environment, or community. First attested in the mid 19th century.
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Academe (noun)
A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant. First attested in the mid 20th century.
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Academia (noun)
the environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship
“he spent his working life in academia”
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Academe (noun)
the academic environment or community; academia
“bridging the gap between industry and academe”
“a lifetime in the groves of academe”