Meaning & use
Academe
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The academic environment or community of scholars, teachers, and researchers; academia.
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After decades in the corporate world, she returned to academe as a visiting professor.
Debates about tenure reform have long divided the halls of academe.
A note on using this word
Academe traces back to Akademeia, the grove near Athens where Plato taught, which also gave English the word 'academy'.
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academiascholarship
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