/ ˌækəˈdiːmiə; NAmE / (also formal or humorous aca·deme / ˈækədiːm; NAmE /) noun
[ U ] the world of learning, teaching, research, etc. at universities, and the people involved in it
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WORD ORIGIN
1950s: from Latin academia , from Greek akadēmeia , from Akadēmos , the hero after whom Plato's garden was named.