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

Mapping 14 behavioral outcomes The researchers built the atlas after reviewing scientific literature and interviewing experts from NASA, academia, and industry. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Neural networks showed surprising performance, and many of my doctoral and postdoctoral students were no longer pursuing careers in finance or academia but were looking for jobs in machine learning. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026

Furthering the business-meets-academia partnership, Cosecha de Galicia—a subsidiary of brewing group Hijos de Riviera that is focused on hop cultivation—will provide access to raw materials. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026

Kuehl pivoted to academia, eventually becoming an associate dean of students at her alma mater, UCLA, before earning a law degree from Harvard in 1978 at age 34. — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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

Phrases Containing academia

• dark academia

Rhymes for academia

• anaemia
• anemia
• artemia
• ischaemia
• leukaemia
• leukemia
• toxaemia
• toxemia
• uraemia
• uremia
• viremia
• azotemia