academia

Meanings

Noun

the academic world
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.

Origin / Etymology

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 academy and Akademeia; see also academe. Modern sense of “the world of universities and scholarship” recorded from 1956.

Synonyms

academe

Scrabble Score: 13

academia is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
academia is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
academia is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

academia is a valid Words With Friends word