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

Working at the intersection of academia and business offers an unusual view of this problem. — Dr. Asma Al Aufi, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, the Smithsonian underwent a political awakening during the 2020 upheaval over the COVID-19 pandemic and murder of George Floyd that echoed responses in academia and other progressive realms. — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026

The four experts each have ties to academia, tech behemoths like Google and X, and the Obama and Biden administrations. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Leaders from media, frontier labs, industry and academia convened at Georgetown University to discuss governing frontier AI, according to a dispatch from WP Intelligence Reporter/Researcher Kendrick Frankel. — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 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