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Etymology[]
Latin academicus: compare French académique. See academy.
Pronunciation[]
Adjective[]
Academic (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})
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- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning.
- academic courses - William Warburton
- academical study - George Berkeley
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.
- Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
- Conforming to set rules and traditions.
- Having an aptitude for study.
- (pejorative) Having no practical importance.
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Translations[]
belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning
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belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
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scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific
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having no practical importance
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Noun[]
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Academic ({{{1}}})
- A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
- A person who attends an academy.
- One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
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member of an academy, college, or university
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person who attends an academy
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Platonist
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See also[]
- scientific
External links[]
- Academic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Academic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Interlingua[]
Adjective[]
academic
Romanian[]
Adjective[]
academic (academică f., academici m. pl., academice f. pl.)
- Academic m.
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