noun · uncountable · rare

academia

die akademische Welt

The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken…The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.

UK/ˌæk.əˈdiː.mɪ.ə/US/ˌæk.əˈdi.mi.ə/

» The invention of the Internet has revolutionized the world of academia for the better.

Meaning

2 senses

(collective, uncountable)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.
Akademia, die akademische Welt
(uncountable)Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.

More definitions

the academic world

Examples

2 sentences

The invention of the Internet has revolutionized the world of academia for the better.
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Latin was the language of European academia.
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Translations

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By meaning 1

scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole:

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees

Borrowed from New Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attica hero Akademos. Doublet of academe, academy, and Akademeia. Modern sense of “the world of universities and scholarship” recorded from 1956.

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