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Definition academic

Etymology

From both the Medieval Latin acad?micus and the French académique, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (akad?mikós), from ???????? (Akad?mía) or ????????? (Akad?meia), the name of the place where Plato taught; compare academy.

Adjective

academic (comparative more academic, superlative most academic)

  1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato [from late 16th century]
  2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]
  3. Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational [from late 19th century]
  4. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.
  5. Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
  6. (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic. [from late 19th century]
  7. So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
  8. Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
  9. Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.

Noun

academic (plural academics)

  1. (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
  2. A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  3. A member of the Academy; an academician. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  4. (archaic) A student in a college.
  5. (plural only) Academic dress; academicals. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
  6. (plural only) Academic studies. [First attested in the late 20th century.]

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