academy (noun)

  • 101plebe — noun Etymology: obsolete plebe common people, from French plèbe, from Latin plebs Date: 1833 a freshman at a military or naval academy …

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  • 102eloge — noun a) A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died. In a later éloge, Georges Cuvier called it, with pardonable exaggeration, ‘in some respects the last words of a dying Plato’. b) Specifically, the statement made by a new… …

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  • 103conservatoire — noun A music academy Syn: conservatory …

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  • 104brothel — noun A house of prostitution. Syn: academy, bawdy house, bordello, cathouse, crib, escort agency, house of ill fame, house of ill reputation, house of ill repute, knocking shop, leaping house …

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  • 105academicianship — noun A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences See Also: academic …

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  • 106academian — noun A member of an academy, university, or college …

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  • 107academia — noun /ˌækəˈdiːmiə/ The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling. See Also …

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  • 108Xenocrates — noun (c. 396–314 ) An Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the second leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339 to 314 …

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  • 109academicism — noun a) A tenet of the Academic philosophy. b) A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy …

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  • 110university — noun /juːnɪˈvɜːsətiː/ Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some cases able to take younger students in exceptional cases) where subjects are studied and… …

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