academe

American  

[ak-uh-deem, ak-uh-deem] / ˈæk əˌdim, ˌæk əˈdim /

noun

1. the campus activity, life, and interests of a college or university; the academic world.

2. Sometimes Academe any place of instruction; a school.

3. a person living in, accustomed to, or preferring the environment of a university.

4. a scholarly or pedantic person, especially a teacher or student.

5. Academe, the public grove in Athens in which Plato taught.

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academe British  

/ ˈækəˌdiːm /

noun

1. any place of learning, such as a college or university

2. the academic world

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Etymology

Origin of academe

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin Acadēmus, Greek Akádēmos; Academus

Example Sentences

Whereas concerns in the past largely centered around postdocs’ difficulty getting faculty positions, “now, academe is really worried about the low applicant pool,” she says.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 18, 2023

With its indeterminate instrumentation and its tinge of academe, few pianists have taken it up with ease or regularity — and fewer still of Mr. Trifonov’s imagination.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2020

Q. Re: Exiting academe with grace: I hope this doesn’t sound overly dramatic but I’d also advise you to keep quiet about your plans until after you’ve defended your dissertation.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2020

“We set out with the idea that while we were going to make academe our beat, we were going to be primarily a journalistic newspaper,” Crowl told the Associated Press in 1984.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2019

“Have all the halls of academe crumbled, Guitar?”

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison