knowledge industry
noun
The branch of economic or commercial activity concerned with the development and use of knowledge, specifically in universities, polytechnics, etc.; (as count noun) an industry in this sector of the economy (usually in plural).
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in From File 7.
- retrospective
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