academia

noun

ac·​a·​de·​mia ˌa-kə-ˈdē-mē-ə 

: the life, community, or world of teachers, schools, and education : academe

scientists in industry and academia

a career in academia

Examples of academia in a Sentence

She found the business world very different from academia.

Recent Examples on the Web

For some, the reasons to remain in academia are ethical. —Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 25 June 2025

Diéguez’s work extends beyond music and in academia. —Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 25 June 2025

Companies, governments, and academia must invest in mentorship, scholarships, and structural reforms to ensure the pipeline of female talent not only opens but flows and thrives. —Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

This, in turn, is because the prevailing ethos in academia reduces the complexities of politics to a crude dichotomy in which everyone who is white is an oppressor of everyone who is not. —Jay Bergman, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

latinization of academy (with -ia suggesting a geographic entity), after its Latin etymon, Acadēmia

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for academia

• anaemia
• anemia
• artemia
• leukaemia
• leukemia
• pyaemia
• toxaemia
• toxemia
• uremia
• viremia
• acidemia
• azotemia