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

As much as I’m still skeptical about how Link compares to state-of-the-art neural probes developed in academia, I’m impressed by how much a relatively small leadership team has accomplished in just the past year.

From Singularity Hub 

In the spring of 2016, Hong sought to return to academia, but the agency asked him to stay.

From MIT Technology Review

The “social cost of carbon” is a concept virtually unknown outside of academia and federal agencies.

From Quartz

I’m no longer in academia, but my original three questions about brain aging—and its reversal—remain.

From Singularity Hub 

I’d like to think it means that these are people who will listen to advisers — whether within government, civil service, academia — but that they also know how to make important decisions and they have a familiarity with history.

From Freakonomics

Better institutionalize me a second time...” and “Academia is going to have to get used to a bit of immoderate tweeting.

From The Daily Beast

People of color serve at the highest levels of business, academia and politics.

From The Daily Beast

It was a bit like academia, where young scholars rarely stick their necks out until they have tenure.

From The Daily Beast

Like the upper bureaucracy, academia has also expanded rapidly in recent decades.

From The Daily Beast

It degrades dance, opera, even academia and, significantly, the art of journalism.

From The Daily Beast

Between you both, there will be quite an Academia at Kilronan.

From Project Gutenberg

Missing your chance at the Hof-theatre, you can rush off to the old Academia to take the same chances.

From Project Gutenberg

If the Academia fails you there is still the Kiosk in the Maximilianplatz.

From Project Gutenberg

This was the situation of the place called Academia, which stood at the distance of a few furlongs from Athens.

From Project Gutenberg

Hornius says, Academia a Cadmo nomen accepit, non ab Ecademo.

From Project Gutenberg