n.

1. 1. The academic environment, community, or world.
   2. Academic life.
2. A place in which instruction is given to students.
3. A scholar, especially a pedant.

[From Latin Acadēmīa, the Academy. See academy.]

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the academic world
  Synonym: academia

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - den lærde verden, universiteter

Nederlands (Dutch)
universiteit, academische wereld

Français (French)
n. - université

Deutsch (German)
n. - (poet.) Schule, Akademie, Universität

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πανεπιστημιακή κοινότητα

Italiano (Italian)
università, accademia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - academia (f), ambiente (m) universitário

Русский (Russian)
Академия (сад, где Платон обучал своих учеников), школа

Español (Spanish)
n. - academia, universidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - läroanstalt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
研究院, 学术界, 学院, 学会

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 研究院, 學術界, 學院, 學會

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 학원, 학구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 学究的な世界, 学究

idioms:

• groves of academe    学問の世界, 学界

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معهد, أكاديميه, بيئه أكاديميه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עולם הרוח, אוניברסיטה (ספרותית)‬

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