Definitions for academic
ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪkaca·dem·ic

Princeton's WordNet(3.40 / 5 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(3.33 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. academic(Noun)

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

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

2. academic(Noun)

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

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

3. academic(Noun)

   A person who attends an academy.

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

4. academic(Noun)

   One who is academic in practice.

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

5. academic(Adjective)

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

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

6. academic(Adjective)

   Pertaining to or characteristic of a school.

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

7. academic(Adjective)

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

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

8. academic(Adjective)

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

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

9. academic(Adjective)

   Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

   Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

10. academic(Adjective)

    Having an aptitude for study.

    Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

11. academic(Adjective)

    Having no practical importance.

    Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

12. academic(Adjective)

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

    Etymology: * First attested in 1588.

13. academic(Adjective)

    Theoretical or speculative.

    I have always had an academic interest in hacking.

    Etymology: * 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.

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

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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. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   I am proud alumnus of RIS a.k.a. ISc, and have excellent experience of the outstanding education that I received from amazingly knowledgeable Professors, during my two years of B.Sc. (Chemistry and Physics) - in 1974 through 1976. We were extremely fortunate to be taught by some of the best Professors and great scientists in India. Some of the names that come to my mind are, Drs Merchant, Usgaonkar, Galgali, KM Joshi, Vidya Joshi, BC Haldar, Darshane, Katti, Kulkarni and many more. Those were surely the most wonderful years of my academic and social upbringing in India. I am thankful to ISc and all brilliant Professors at ISc, for gifting us with the remarkable knowledge, and installing the love and passion for Science in our young minds. Thank you, RIS.

2. Anuj Somany:

   Private organization is often such that the employer keeps intentionally the indolent employees over intelligent person for getting the job done under pressure. And when its business profit gets lower than the financial gain figure of the previous year, the owner or senior in order to find a scapegoat can give any absurd reason for failure or may even squarely put the blame on academic institutions by saying that they are not churning out enough employable grads.

3. Westchester Medical:

   Although the Medical Center believes that its financial relationships with its clinical faculty are customary for academic medical centers of its size and complexity, we acknowledge that, with respect to a very small number of legacy relationships, we could not produce documentation sufficient to meet certain technical requirements of federal law.

4. Britton Banowsky:

   Syverud said in a statement. RECRUITING HIT : The NCAA penalties included the reduction of three men's basketball scholarships a year for four years and recruiting restrictions will be enforced for two years. Jim Boeheim has what is regarded as the best recruiting class in Jim Boeheim long tenure coming in the fall. In its decision, The NCAA indicated that Syracuse can delay the scholarship reductions by one year in the case of any student-athletes that have a financial agreement with the university. Syracuse loses only Rakeem Christmas from this year's team and is at the 13-scholarship limit for 2015-16. MIDDLING MAN : The NCAA said several violations involved students and staff. The report added that academic violations stemmed from the director of basketball operations, who was hand-picked by Jim Boeheim to address academic matters and ended up violating academic integrity.'' The rule's pretty clear, the head coach has a duty to monitor activities in his program. Jim Boeheim did dispute that Jim Boeheim should be held accountable. There was controversy over that. It( the charge) was not effectively rebutted at all.

5. Darren Beattie:

   In 2016 I attended the Mencken conference in question and delivered a stand-alone, academic talk titled' The Intelligentsia and the Right.' I said nothing objectionable and stand by my remarks completely, it was the honor of my life to serve in the Trump Administration. I love President Donald Trump, who is a fearless American hero, and continue to support him one hundred percent. I have no further comment.

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