academia
noun/ˌækəˈdimiə/
Frequency rank: #7,279 most common English word
Meaning
the world of universities, colleges, and scholarly research.
Example sentence
She spent most of her career in academia, researching and teaching at universities.
Synonyms & related words
- university
- academe
- scholarly
- education
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