Definition of "academe" []

• The academic environment, community, or world. (noun)
• Academic life. (noun)
• A place in which instruction is given to students. (noun)
• A scholar, especially a pedant. (noun)

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• "(The term academe seems stilted to me, but maybe that's me.)"
• "Cannadine is countering the currently favored view in academe, which is promulgated by a flatulent and often incoherent body of historical and literary scholarship known as colonial discourse theory."
• "I agree that Patricia White having a foot in practice and academe is a very good thing."