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

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The discovery has drawn attention across academia and industry. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

Her essay is the quintessential death by a thousand withering cuts that is a noxious hallmark of academia. — ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

But journalism has gotten so much smaller, and academia is also very precarious — and the idea of an academic writing in any kind of consumer-facing press is now considered a dig in your tenure file. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 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