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.