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academe

academe

5 8.3
People and places that teach and do research at universities
  • noun
  • /ˌækəˈdim/
translation icon : academia
  • After completing her doctoral degree, she found her place in academe, teaching at a university.
  • American academe
  • groves of academe
  • halls of academe

These are people who have, without exception, been exposed to radical acting ideologies through academe.

Examples

  • Knowing the percentage of new minority Ph.D.s who actually choose employment within academe would also be useful.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Doubt that they know about anything beyond the walls of academe and the peer review system.

    Blog text (29)

  • Certainly, quality management tools have a purpose and are much needed in academe, particularly in administrative areas.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Cultural diversity is the new reality for academe, as well as the American workforce.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Most geographers returned to academe after World War II, ending their relationships with the federal government.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Thus, today in American academe, the non-teachers rule the teachers.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Yet there are also many commonalities across leadership posts in academe.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The most vocal complaints regarding the TQ method in academe have centered on the conflict-of-interest issue.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Current production of PhD physicists greatly exceeds available positions in academe, government labs, and industry.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The folly of loving the "beautiful and useless things" in the academe has been aptly pointed out by Allan Bloom.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

academia
vsacademe
58 6.4

People and places that do research and teach at universities

is the same concept expressed with a different term
community of scholars
vsacademe
  • Formal
1 4.7

A group of people with advanced university degrees who study and teach at universities

is broader, covering institutions, learning, and the academic community

How Academic

academe
5 8.3
community of scholars
  • Formal
1 4.7
college
∞ 1.0
school
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

academe singular
academes plural

Etymology

Academe comes from the old Greek place name Akadēmeia, a garden where Plato taught and his students met. It has the same root as academy, so academe now means the world of schools, teachers, and learning.