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English

Etymology

academicus: compare French académique. See academy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/,
  • :


Adjective

  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.
  3. *academic courses - Warburton
  4. *academical study - Berkeley
  5. Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
  6. Conforming to set rules and traditions.
  7. Having an aptitude for study.
  8. Having no practical importance.


Derived terms


Related terms


Translations

  • Greek: {{t+|el|ακαδημαϊκός||tr=akadimaïkós|sc=Grek}}
  • Norwegian:
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ακαδημαϊκός||tr=akadimaïkós|sc=Grek}}
  • Norwegian:
  • Greek: {{t|el|θεωρητικός||tr=theoritikós|sc=Grek}}
  • Norwegian:

Noun

  1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
  2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
  3. A person who attends an academy.


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|academicus|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ακαδημαϊκός|c|tr=akadimaïkós|sc=Grek}}
  • Norwegian: {{t+|no|akademiker|m}}
  • Norwegian: {{t+|no|akademiker|m}}

See also


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Interlingua

Adjective

academic

  1. #English|academic


Category:Interlingua adjectives

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Romanian

Adjective

academic (academică , academici , academice )

  1. #English|Academic


Category:Romanian adjectives

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Academic \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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, n.
1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a
Platonist. --Hume.
[1913 Webster]

2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an
academician.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet academic
adj 1: associated with academia or an academy; "the academic
curriculum"; "academic gowns"
2: hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an
immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion";
"an academic question"
3: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
especially its trivial aspects [syn: donnish, pedantic]
n : an educator who works at a college or university [syn: academician,
faculty member]
Moby Dictionary
abstract , armchair , book-learned , bookish , 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


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