As proper nouns the difference between academy and xenocrates
is that
academy is (classical studies|history) the school for advanced education founded by plato; the garden where plato taught
[brown, lesley, ed the shorter oxford english dictionary 5th oxford: oxford university press, 2003] while
xenocrates is (c 396–314.
academy English
Noun
( academies)
(classical studies, usually, capitalized) The garden where Plato taught. [Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.]
(classical studies, usually, capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers. [ ]
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. [ ]
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A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. [ ]
- the military academy''' at West Point; a riding '''academy'''; the '''Academy of Music.
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A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [ ]
- the French Academy'''; the American '''Academy''' of Arts and Sciences; '''academies of literature and philology.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy. [ ]
Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
Synonyms
* (society of learned people) learned society
Derived terms
* academic
* academical
* academy figure
* Academy of Sciences
* laughing academy
* national academy
References
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