a secondary or high school, especially a private one: My daughter goes to a very exclusive academy in Chicago.
a school or college for special instruction or training in a subject: a military academy.
an association or institution for the advancement of art, literature, or science: the National Academy of Arts and Letters.
a group of authorities and leaders in a field of scholarship, art, etc., who are often permitted to dictate standards, prescribe methods, and criticize new ideas.
the Academy,
the Platonic school of philosophy or its adherents.
academe (def. 5).
French Academy.
Royal Academy.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Origin of academy
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English achademye, achadomye, from Latin Acadēmīa, the name of the public gymnasium near Athens, sacred to the hero Academus, where Plato established his school of philosophy; from Greek Akadēmía, variant of Akadḗmeia, noun use of feminine adjective Akadḗmeios, derivative of Akádēm(os) + -eia adjective suffix; see origin at Academus; see also -y3
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Every time Selin turns to the academy to help her understand language, she finds herself trapped, undermined, rejected.
The true love story in Elif Batuman’s The Idiot is a love affair with language|Constance Grady|September 11, 2020|Vox
Grandparents create Tik Tok videos, travel the world with and without their grandchildren, two-step at the club, run their own dance academies, and have careers that they’re still growing and thriving in.
Debbie Allen’s Grandmother Love Doubled|Joi-Marie McKenzie|September 11, 2020|Essence.com
The academy this week announced new rules to mandate a certain level of diversity in nominated films and at the studios behind them.
Despite some gains in the past year, Hollywood still has inclusion problems, study says|radmarya|September 10, 2020|Fortune
The memory-intensive naming schemes in modern math may have the result of boxing out the laymen, but we must hope the priests of the academy are not doing it on purpose.
Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Laura Ball|September 2, 2020|Nautilus
Catus argues that private security forces often require more training than the typical police academy does.
Defund the Police? Here Come the Private Security Patrols|Nick Fouriezos|August 27, 2020|Ozy
Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, Academy?
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Det. Rafael Ramos spent a lifetime trying to become a police officer, entering the academy at age 38.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But he made it through the academy and he was soon living his dream.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As far as finally being acknowledged herself with that elusive Academy gold, well, Moore says she would not take it for granted.
Julianne Moore Is Oscar Gold in ‘Still Alice’|Marlow Stern|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The following is the course of study pursued at the academy, the high school course being added June 1, 1912.
The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott Flickinger
For thirty-five years the Academy had been working at its Dictionnaire.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
The Academy he expected to see in operation failed for support.
Priestley in America|Edgar F. Smith
In 'Monsieur de Camors', crowned by the Academy, he has yielded to the demands of a stricter realism.
Monsieur de Camors, Complete|Octave Feuillet
In short, since the foundation of the prizes, the Academy has had to read several thousand memorials.
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