Definitions for academic
ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪkaca·dem·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. academician, academic, faculty memberadjective

   an educator who works at a college or university

2. academicadjective

   associated with academia or an academy

   "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"

3. academicadjective

   hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result

   "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"

4. academic, donnish, pedanticadjective

   marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 6 votes

1. academicnoun

   A member of the Academy; a follower of Plato, a Platonist.

2. academicnoun

   A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

3. academicnoun

   A person who attends an academy.

4. academicnoun

   One who is academic in practice.

5. academicadjective

   Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.

6. academicadjective

   Pertaining to or characteristic of a school.

7. academicadjective

   Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.

8. academicadjective

   Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

9. academicadjective

   Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

10. academicadjective

    Having an aptitude for study.

11. academicadjective

    Having no practical importance.

12. academicadjective

    To be so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world.

13. academicadjective

    Theoretical or speculative.

    I have always had an academic interest in hacking.

14. Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. academic

   An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. academic

   Academic refers to anything related to education, learning, research, and scholarship conducted within an educational institution such as a school, college, or university. It involves the pursuit of knowledge, intellectual growth, and critical thinking through formal study, classes, lectures, and research activities. Academic pursuits are generally structured, systematic, and guided by the principles of evidence-based reasoning, rigor, and objectivity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. Academicadjective

   alt. of Academical

2. Academicnoun

   one holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist

3. Academicnoun

   a member of an academy, college, or university; an academician

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Academic

   ak-ad-em′ik, n. a Platonic philosopher: a student in a college. [See Academy.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. academic

   Relating to education.

   The academic calendar is different to an ordinary calendar.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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1. Academic

   Academic vs. Academy -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Academic and Academy.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'academic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2149

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'academic' in Adjectives Frequency: #288

How to pronounce academic?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of academic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of academic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of academic in a Sentence

1. Dale Kuska:

   Matters of questionable academic conduct are not the norm on campus, but this case was handled as any other similar case would be, we followed our instructions, as written, during the adjudication and Honor Board procedures, through the resubmission and acceptance of the thesis.

2. Eli Friedman:

   The wave of repression we're in is not just the last few weeks. It's a very conscious strategy on the park of the state to close a space for academic freedom.

3. Alan Dershowitz:

   I had been consistent in my views on impeachment since the 1970s, white House Senate's more than I can say for some of my other academic colleagues, who seem to be making their arguments based on partisan considerations.

4. Christopher Mikson:

   The FDA is a massive government bureaucracy... There is a political aspect to running the FDA that is not really something that Dr. Hahn has done in the past, one of the reasons the Trump Administration would bring him in is because he is an outsider. He is an academic medical administrator from Texas by way of Philadelphia, not a Washington insider.

5. Friday Paul McCulley:

   I will continue doing the things I love in other spaces, possibly in the academic arena, pimco will always be Camelot in my heart.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=academic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Academic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=academic
7. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=academic