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ACADEME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The academic world
Synonyms:
academe; academia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("academe" is a kind of...):
domain; world (people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest)
Meronyms (parts of "academe"):
college (the body of faculty and students of a college)
university (the body of faculty and students at a university)
Domain member category:
tenure (give life-time employment to)
