学界(がっかい)

A written word, common in news and nonfiction. It is pronounced exactly like 学会(がっかい) and the two are easily confused.

Similar words

• 学会(がっかい): an academic society or a conference (日本(にほん)言語学会(げんごがっかい), 学会(がっかい)で発表(はっぴょう)する); a specific organization or meeting
• 学界(がっかい): the academic world as a whole, as in 学界(がっかい)の常識(じょうしき) "accepted wisdom among scholars"
• アカデミア: academia (more recent loanword)

Common collocations

• 学界(がっかい)の定説(ていせつ): the established view among scholars
• 学界(がっかい)に衝撃(しょうげき)を与(あた)える: to shock the academic world
• 政界(せいかい)・財界(ざいかい)・学界(がっかい): politics, business and academia