English Explanatory Dictionary

academia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
  2. Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.

Pronunciation

/ˌæk.əˈdiː.mɪ.ə/ ăk'ədēʹmēə /ˌæk.əˈdeɪ.mɪ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-academia.wav /ˌæk.əˈdi.mi.ə/ /ˌæk.əˈdi.mjə/ /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.i.ə/ /-ˈdɛm.jə/ /ˌæk.əˈdeɪ.mi.ə/

Word forms

academia

Etymology

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.

Related words

academe academic academical academically academician academics Academy Akademeia

Derived words

academentia academian dark academia light academia
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