academia

/ˌækəˈdimiə/
noun
  1. The environment or community concerned with higher education and research.
    • Many people in academia also work as consultants for the government.
    • The pressure to publish research is very high in modern academia.
    • She has spent her entire career in academia, first as a student and then as a professor.
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