Plural form of academe; multiple instances or representations of academic communities or scholarly worlds.
Simple plural of academe, formed by adding the standard English plural suffix -s. The word maintains its Greek roots while following English morphology patterns.
While 'academe' is usually uncountable (we say 'in academe' not 'in an academe'), the plural form 'academes' appears in literary contexts to compare different scholarly traditions—think 'the academes of Paris, Oxford, and Bologna.'
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