About The Word Academic
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Academic
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What's The Definition Of Academic?
[n] an educator who works at a college or university
[adj] hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question" [adj] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects [adj] associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns" Synonyms | Synonyms for Academic: academician | donnish | faculty member | pedantic | scholarly | theoretical Related Terms | Find terms related to Academic: abstract | armchair | bookish | book-learned | booky | chimerical | classroom | closet | collegiate | conjectural | cross-disciplinary | devoted to studies | diligent | donnish | dryasdust | erudite | extramural | graduate | graduate-professional | hypothetic | hypothetical | ideal | idealistic | imaginary | impractical | interdisciplinary | interscholastic | intramural | ivory-tower | learned | lettered | mandarin | moot | notional | owlish | pedagogic | pedagogical | pedantic | postgraduate | postulatory | preceptorial | preschool | professional | professorial | professorlike | rabbinic | scholarly | scholastic | school | schoolish | schoolmastering | schoolmasterish | schoolmasterlike | schoolmasterly | schoolmistressy | schoolteacherish | schoolteachery | speculative | studious | teacherish | teacherlike | teachery | teachy | theoretical | tutorial | university | unpractical | unrealistic | utopian | visionary See Also | educator | pedagogue | professor Academic In Webster's Dictionary \Ac`a*dem"ic\, Academical \Ac`a*dem"ic*al\, a. [L.
academicus: cf. F. acad['e]migue. See {Academy}.]
1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the
Academic sect or philosophy.
2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of
learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction
from scientific. ``Academic courses.'' --Warburton.
``Academical study.'' --Berkeley.
\Ac`a*dem"ic\, n. 1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. --Hume. 2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician. |
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