academic

[ ak-uh-dem-ik ]

/ ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /

adjective

of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.

pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics.

theoretical or hypothetical; not practical, realistic, or directly useful: an academic question; an academic discussion of a matter already decided.

learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality.

conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions; conventional: academic painting.

acquired by formal education, especially at a college or university: academic preparation for the ministry.

(initial capital letter) of or relating to Academe or to the Platonic school of philosophy.

noun

a student or teacher at a college or university.

a person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc.: He was by temperament an academic, concerned with books and the arts.

(initial capital letter) a person who supports or advocates the Platonic school of philosophy.

academics, the scholarly activities of a school or university, as classroom studies or research projects: more emphasis on academics and less on athletics.

Origin of academic

1580–90; < Latin Acadēmicus < Greek Akadēmeikós. See academy, academe, -ic

SYNONYMS FOR academic

2 humanistic, liberal.

4 theoretical.

5 See formal¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM academic

an·ti·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective, noun in·ter·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective non·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective, noun pro·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective

pseu·do·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective qua·si-ac·a·dem·ic, adjective sem·i·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective sub·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective un·ac·a·dem·ic, adjective

Words nearby academic

acacia avenue, acad., academe, academese, academia, academic, academic costume, academic dress, academic freedom, academic gown, academic rank

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British Dictionary definitions for nonacademic (1 of 2)

nonacademic

/ (ˌnɒnækəˈdɛmɪk) /

adjective

not related to, involved in, or trained in academic disciplines

British Dictionary definitions for nonacademic (2 of 2)

academic

/ (ˌækəˈdɛmɪk) /

adjective

belonging or relating to a place of learning, esp a college, university, or academy

of purely theoretical or speculative interest an academic argument

excessively concerned with intellectual matters and lacking experience of practical affairs

(esp of a schoolchild) having an aptitude for study

conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional an academic painter

relating to studies such as languages, philosophy, and pure science, rather than applied, technical, or professional studies

noun

a member of a college or university

Derived forms of academic

academically, adverb

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