Definitions for academic
ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪkaca·dem·ic

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. academician, academic, faculty member(adj)

   an educator who works at a college or university

2. academic(adj)

   associated with academia or an academy

   "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"

3. academic(adj)

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

   "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"

4. academic, donnish, pedantic(adj)

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

Wiktionary(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. academic(Noun)

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

2. academic(Noun)

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

3. academic(Noun)

   A person who attends an academy.

4. academic(Noun)

   One who is academic in practice.

5. academic(Adjective)

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

6. academic(Adjective)

   Pertaining to or characteristic of a school.

7. academic(Adjective)

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

8. academic(Adjective)

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

9. academic(Adjective)

   Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

10. academic(Adjective)

    Having an aptitude for study.

11. academic(Adjective)

    Having no practical importance.

12. academic(Adjective)

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

13. academic(Adjective)

    Theoretical or speculative.

    I have always had an academic interest in hacking.

Origin: * First attested in 1588.

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

1. Academic(adj)

   alt. of Academical

2. Academic(noun)

   one holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist

3. Academic(noun)

   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.

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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   Alex

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   Karen

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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. Michael Rectenwald:

   Academic freedom: It’s great, as long as you don’t use it.”

2. Robin Murphy:

   The academic committee has been thinking about this problem for decades.

3. Rita Redberg:

   I'm from a big academic institution so there's always coverage while I'm gone.

4. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo):

   Life provides ten times more wisdom and education than any academic institution.

5. Nick Jones:

   Some states do have a tasting exemption in academic settings, but not New Mexico.

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