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

Before entering academia, Furness spent more than two decades developing advanced cockpit and immersive interface systems for high-performance operational environments. —Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 4 June 2026

After teaching at Bard College for over two decades, Sante has retired from academia and lives in Kingston, New York. —Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

Policy shifts, funding instability, and visa uncertainty are causing a sharp decline in the willingness of young scientists trained in the United States to stay in academia—or even remain in the country at all. —Daniela Scur, Harvard Business Review, 3 June 2026

The art world, with its credentialism, opaque jargon, and tendency to bow to powerful interests, bears a structural resemblance to both politics and academia. —Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 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