Academia definition
An example of academia is a college, its students, and its teachers.
Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.
Origin of academia
- New Latin acadēmīa from Latin the Academy academy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
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