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Academy (iou)



Academy noun. Also academy. LME.
[French academie or Latin academia from Greek akadem(e)ia adjective, from Akademos the man or demigod from whom Plato's garden was named: see -Y3.]
The name of a garden near Athens where Plato taught. LME.
Plato's followers or philosophical system. M16.
Middle Academy the school of philosophy of Arcesilaus, head of the Academy in the 3rd cent. BC. New Academy the school of philosophy of Carneades of Cyrene, head of the Academy in the 2nd cent. BC. Old Academy the school of philosophy founded by Plato in the 4th cent. BC.
An institution of higher learning, e.g. a university; also (esp. Scot.) a secondary school. Now retained chiefly in names of existing institutions. M16.
b. fig. The knowledge taught in an academy; a treatise on this. E17-M18.
A place of training, esp. in a special art, as the Royal Military Academy. L16.
A society for the cultivation of literature, art, science, etc., of which membership is an honour, esp. the Royal Academy (of Arts). E17.
Comb.: Academy Award any of a series of awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Hollywood, US) given annually since 1928 for achievement in the film industry; an Oscar; Academy figure a drawing, usu. half life-size, in crayon or pencil, from the nude.
? Formerly stressed on 3rd syllable.
Academism noun (a) rare Academic philosophy; (b) (academism) = ACADEMICISM (b): M18.
Academist noun an Academic philosopher; a member or student of an academy: M17.