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ACADEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("academia" is a kind of...):
domain; world (people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest)
Meronyms (parts of "academia"):
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)
Derivation:
academic (associated with academia or an academy)
Context examples:
This same portion of your chart might additionally find you focused on one of the following areas: academia, a legal matter, immigration or green card, visa or passport, or concentrating on writing, editing, or being the subject of a media story.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Not only will you start to see a bigger focus on travel, but you will also see more activity in academia or in media—perhaps a publishing or broadcasting project you completed or will soon start (or both).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)