Definitions for academic
ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪkaca·dem·ic

Princeton's WordNet(3.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(3.33 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Academic

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

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. academic

   Relating to education.

   The academic calendar is different to an ordinary calendar.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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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How to say academic in sign language?

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. Hedy Chang:

   I'm not worried about the legal implication, i'm worried about kids' well-being and academic outcomes.

2. Aleksandr Kogan:

   This has been a very painful experience, because, when I entered into all of this, Facebook was a close ally, i was thinking this would be helpful to my academic career and my relationship with Facebook. It has very clearly done the complete opposite.

3. Mayim Bialik:

   It is an incredible honor to guest host Jeopardy!, i was raised in a very creative and academic family, but it wasn't until high school that I fell in love with science, and that love led me to a Ph.D. in neuroscience. I so appreciate that ‘Jeopardy!’ is a show that tests all aspects of intellect and allows the brightest minds to shine.

4. Chancellor Timothy White:

   First and foremost is the health, safety and welfare of our students, faculty and staff, and the evolving data surrounding the progression of Covid-19 -- current and as forecast throughout the 2020-21 academic year.

5. Andrew Ferguson:

   All police departments should seek mechanisms of accountability and transparency. Accountability through academic studies and reports is beneficial, but there is no real substitute for local democratic accountability in a public and transparent forum.

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