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

In academia, generative AI has upended the traditional education model, based around reading, writing, and testing. —Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025

There is no legitimate debate in academia over how many Jews died in the Holocaust. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025

That means investing in new hardware, developing smarter software, training a skilled workforce and building partnerships between government, industry and academia. —Jack Dongarra, The Conversation, 14 May 2025

With the support of their employers, the researchers published high-quality academic papers, openly sharing their breakthroughs with peers in academia and at rival companies. —Hayden Field,jonathan Vanian,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 14 May 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