アカハラ
あかはら
noun
academic harassment
1.
academic harassment; abuse of power in academic settings
Harassment or abuse of authority within academic institutions, typically by faculty, supervisors, or senior researchers against students, junior researchers, or staff. Abbreviated from アカデミックハラスメント. Includes unfair grading, withholding academic support as punishment, or demeaning treatment.
アカハラの被害を受ける。
To suffer academic harassment.
アカハラは大学院の環境で特に問題になりやすい。
Academic harassment tends to become a particular problem in graduate school environments.
大学では最近、アカハラ相談窓口を設ける動きが進んでいる。
Universities have recently been moving to set up academic harassment consultation desks.
Abbreviation of アカデミックハラスメント (academic harassment). Part of the broader Japanese ハラスメント vocabulary for specific types of harassment.
RELATED TERMS:
- パワハラ: power harassment (workplace abuse of authority)
- セクハラ: sexual harassment
- モラハラ: moral harassment (psychological/emotional abuse)
- アルハラ: alcohol harassment (pressuring others to drink)
NOTE: All these abbreviated forms follow the pattern of cutting down a long loanword and adding ハラ from ハラスメント.