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HONORARY SOCIETY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
Synonyms:
academy; honorary society
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("honorary society" is a kind of...):
establishment; institution (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose)
Meronyms (members of "honorary society"):
academician (someone elected to honorary membership in an academy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honorary society"):
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance)
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (an academy that gives annual awards for outstanding achievements in television)
French Academy (an honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government)
National Academy of Sciences (an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War)
Royal Academy; Royal Academy of Arts (an honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain)
Royal Society; Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science)
