What is another word for academia?

Pronunciation: [ˌakədˈiːmi͡ə] (IPA)

Academia, or the world of education and scholarship, has a variety of synonyms that capture the breadth and depth of this field. Some of the most common terms that are used synonymously with academia include the academy, higher education, college or university life, research, and scholarship. These synonyms all refer to the various aspects of the academic world, whether it's the institutions themselves, the activities that take place within them, or the academic research and writing that is produced. Other related terms might include the ivory tower, academic culture, or the academic sphere, all of which evoke the idea of an intellectual, rigorous, and challenging academic environment that demands excellence and creativity.

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Usage examples for Academia

In the following year they added a new Catechism, entitled: Catechesis continens explicationem simplicem et brevem decalogi, Symboli Apostolici, orationis dominicae, doctrinae Christianae, quod amplectuntur ac tuentur Ecclesiae regionum Saxonicarum et Misnicarum quae sunt subiectae editioni Ducis Electoris Saxoniae, edita in academia Witebergensi et accommodata ad usum scholarum puerilium.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente
But Dicaearchus writes that there were two Arcadians in the army of Castor and Pollux, the one called Echedemus and the other Marathus; from the first that which is now called academia was then named Echedemia, and the village Marathon had its name from the other, who, to fulfill some oracle, voluntarily offered himself to be made a sacrifice before battle.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
In December, 1517, a Latin commentary on the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle appeared with the imprint "academia Oxonie," and in four subsequent books, printed in 1518, the printer of this gave his name as Johannes Scolar.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard

Famous quotes with Academia

  • In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.
    Hillary Clinton
  • Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted.
    Catharine MacKinnon
  • I was in an industrial laboratory because academia found me unsuitable.
    Benoit Mandelbrot
  • Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful media and many of our courts.
    Marvin Olasky
  • I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.
    Mira Sorvino

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