Learned society

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A learned society ( LUR-nid) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Alternatively, it can be referred to as a scholarly, intellectual, or academic society.

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