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

The most successful strategic alliances in business, academia and other areas tend to be rooted in a shared goal and clear purpose. —Kate Vitasek, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Certain fields, like programming and academia, will change dramatically. —Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025

In a bid to ideologically reshape academia, the White House has severed billions of dollars in federal funding, attempted to block the enrollment of international students and pushed out college presidents. —Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025

Composed of unpaid professionals from academia and industry, the committee had been helping the bureau and other statistical agencies explore ways to improve data quality by boosting response rates, drawing on lessons from the U.K., Canada and Germany. —Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 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