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Accademici

Accademici is the plural of accademico in Italian and has two main senses. As a noun, it designates a person who belongs to a learned society or academy, such as a member of the Accademia dei Lincei or the Accademia della Crusca. In a broader sense, accademico can denote an academic professional—professors, researchers, or scholars employed by universities. As an adjective, accademico describes things associated with scholarship or higher education, and as a plural noun it can refer to the academic community in general.

Derived from accademia, the term traces to the tradition of European learned societies established from the

In media and discourse, accademici is often used to speak of scholars collectively, or to refer to

See also: Academy (accademia), Accademia dei Lincei, Accademia della Crusca.

Middle
Ages
onward.
In
Italy,
the
word
is
used
for
both
formal
membership
in
specific
academies
and
for
the
broader
scholarly
world.
Notable
institutions
include
the
Accademia
dei
Lincei
(one
of
the
oldest
scientific
academies)
and
the
Accademia
della
Crusca
(language
and
literature).
the
professional
class
of
higher
education
researchers.
It
may
carry
formal
or
neutral
connotations,
but
can
occasionally
imply
a
traditional
or
formal
approach
associated
with
“accademico”
culture.