Academia Meaning

/ˌæk.əˈdiː.mɪ.ə/
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nounThe scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.

nounContinuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.

The invention of the Internet has revolutionized the world of academia for the better.
Latin was the language of European academia.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She decided to leave industry and pursue a career in ____ as a history professor at a university.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After finishing his PhD, he decided to stay in ____ as a professor.

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. New Latin acadēmī̆abor. English academia 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.

"Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete." — 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
She decided to leave industry and pursue a career in ____ as a history professor at a university.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After finishing his PhD, he decided to stay in ____ as a professor.

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