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

  • 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

  • New Latin acadēmīa from Latin the Academy academy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Academia Sentence Examples

  • Degrees earned are of paramount significance in academia.

  • He worked for the Arts Council as a research officer and BBC Television as a script editor before entering academia.

  • It boasts an associate Dean for Enterprise, and considers linking academia with enterprise central to its activity.

  • He left academia to work in the Patent Office at Bern in 1902.

  • Members are welcome from all sectors including academia, local government, commercial consultancies, and community and voluntary groups.

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