Meaning of academe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of academe.
   alt-of, alternative
2. The garden in Athens where the academics met.
   historical
3. An academy; a place of learning.
   poetic
4. The scholarly life, environment, or community.
   poetic
5. A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.

Equivalents

Examples

“Navarre shall be the wonder of the world; / Our court shall be a little Academe,/ Still and contemplative in living art.”

“If it did nothing else, Homosexuality: Social, Psychological, and Biological Issues shows that the basic tenet of gay liberation—that is, viewing gayness as having an intrinsic validity—has finally entered and taken root in the groves of academe.”

“His father expected him to enter the government or a major corporation upon graduation from the university, but Noboru Wataya chose to remain in academe and become a scholar.”

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