academia

[ ak-uh-dee-mee-uh, -deem-yuh, -dem-ee-uh, -dem-yuh ]

noun

1. the milieu or interests of a university, college, or academy; academe.

academia

/ ˌækəˈdiːmɪə /

noun

1. the academic world

Word History and Origins

Origin of academia¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from New Latin, Latin; academy

Example Sentences

It was just so funny to switch gears and go into academia and hear just the day-to-day drudgery of being on campus and see the little signs of, “Don’t heat broccoli in the microwave, it stinks up the whole office.”

From Los Angeles Times

I didn’t want to have to become a businessperson, but that is what — without a sugar daddy or a trust fund, and outside the confines of academia — being an artist does to you.

From Salon

They remained unified behind a president who promised to stick it to undocumented immigrants, ungrateful foreign leaders and out-of-touch elitists in academia and the media.

From Los Angeles Times

He had written extensively about witchcraft and was frustrated that academia did not allow him to challenge the practice head on.

From BBC

Writing a perspective here in Nature really allows us to then get to stakeholders outside of academia to really address the broader discussion because there’s real world consequences.

From Salon