Academia Definition
ăkə-dēmē-ə, -dā-
noun
The academic community; academe.
American Heritage
The academic world; academe.
Webster's New World
Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.
Wiktionary
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.
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Origin of Academia
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Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmia), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. See also academy, academe, Akademeia. Modern sense of "the world of universities and scholarship" recorded from 1956.
From Wiktionary
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New Latin acadēmīa from Latin the Academy academy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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