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1. (Also,) academic
of or pertaining to a school, esp. one for higher education.
2. academic
of or pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics.
3. academic
theoretical or hypothetical; not practical or directly useful:
an academic question.
4. academic
learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality.
5. academic
conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions; conventional:
academic painting.
6. (n.) academic
a student or teacher at a college or university.
7. academic
a person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc.
8. academic
academics, academic studies or subjects.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L < Gk)
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| Definition of 'academic' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) academician, academic, faculty member
an educator who works at a college or university
2. (adj) academic
associated with academia or an academy
"the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"
3. (adj) academic
hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
"an academic discussion"; "an academic question"
4. (adj) academic, donnish, pedantic
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
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1. (adjective) academic
relating to education and learning
the academic year; academic study; academically gifted
2. (noun) academic
a university teacher or researcher
a renowned academic
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| Definition of 'academic' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) academic
alt. of Academical
2. (noun) academic
one holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist
3. (noun) academic
a member of an academy, college, or university; an academician
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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academic
1. Of, or pertaining to, fossils; vegetative; parasitic; the opposite of change, viable, evolution.
2. Relating to a society that promotes the love of the static and the immobile.
3. Apish, parrot-like, phonographic.
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Sense: of or concerning study especially in schools, colleges etc
an academic career.
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 Afrikaans: akademies |
 Arabic: أكَادِيمِي |
 Bulgarian: академичен |
 Brazilian: acadêmico |
 Czech: akademický |
 German: akademisch |
 Danish: akademisk |
 Greek: ακαδημαϊκός, πανεπιστημια |
 Spanish: académico |
 Estonian: akadeemiline |
 Farsi: دانشگاهی |
 Finnish: akateeminen |
 French: universitaire |
 Hebrew: אֲקָדֶמִי, עִיוּנִי |
 Hindi: शैक्षिक |
 Croatian: akademski |
 Hungarian: tudományos; egyetemi |
 Indonesian: universiter |
 Icelandic: háskóla-, fræðilegur |
 Italian: accademico |
 Japanese: 学問の |
 Korean: 학문의 |
 Lithuanian: akademinis, mokslinis |
 Latvian: akadēmisks |
 Malay: karier akademik |
 Dutch: academisch |
 Norwegian: akademisk |
 Polish: akademicki |
 Persian: علمى |
 Pashto: علمى |
 Portuguese: académico |
 Romanian: universitar |
 Russian: академический; учебный |
 Slovak: akademický, teoretický |
 Slovenian: akademski |
 Serbian: naučni |
 Swedish: akademisk |
 Thai: ด้านวิชาการ |
 Turkish: akademik |
 Taiwanese: 與學業或學術有關的 |
 Ukrainian: академічний, теоретичний |
 Urdu: تعلیمی |
 Vietnamese: thuộc trường đại học |
 Chinese: 學院的，學術的 |
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