Academic

English

Adjective

Academic (comparative more Academic, superlative most Academic)

1. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning.
2. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.
3. Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
4. Conforming to set rules and traditions.
5. Having an aptitude for study.
6. (pejorative) Having no practical importance.

Noun

Academic (plural Academics)

1. A member of the Academy; a follower of Plato, a Platonist.
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
3. A person who attends an academy.

Adverbs for Academic

incurably; consistently; abstrusely; formally; formidably; illusively; evasively; impracticably; idealistically; impractically; remotely; uselessly; patently; frankly: uncomfortably; completely; dangerously; intrinsically; vaguely; fantastically; unfortunately; dreamily; unserviceably; worthlessly.

Synonyms for Academic

learned, literary, scholastic, scholarly, lettered, pedantic, collegiate, theoretical, formal.

Antonyms for Academic

ignorant, illiterate, practical.

Thesaurus

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

Etymology

From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique; compare academy.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/, SAMPA: /%{k@"dEmIk/

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  Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

Derived terms

Terms derived from academic (adjective)

academic advantage academic disadvantage academic institution

academic question academic degree academic discipline

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to academic (adjective)

academia academical academically academically disadvantaged

academicals academism academist academy

Derived terms

Terms derived from academic (noun)

See also

• scientific

Translations

belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning

Czech: akademický (cs) m. Dutch: academisch, universitair Finnish: akateeminen (fi), yliopistollinen (fi) Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) Ido: akademiala (io) Italian: accademico (it)

Japanese: 学問の (ja) (gakumonno), 大学の (ja) (daigakuno) Norwegian: akademisk (no) Romanian: universitar (ro) m. and n., universitară (ro) f., academic (ro) m. and n. Spanish: académico (es) Swedish: akademisk (sv)

belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato

Dutch: academisch (nl) Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) m., πλατωνικός (el) (platonikós) m.

Japanese: プラトン学派の (ja) (puraton gakuha no)

scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific

Dutch: academisch (nl) Finnish: akateeminen (fi), teoreettinen (fi) German: akademisch (de) Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) Ido: academiala (io)

Italian: accademico (it) Japanese: 人文的な (ja) (jinbuntekina) Norwegian: akademisk (no) Romanian: academic (ro) m. and n., academică (ro) f.

having no practical importance

Dutch: academisch (nl) Finnish: akateeminen (fi), teoreettinen (fi) Greek: θεωρητικός (el) (theoritikós), ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) m. Japanese: 非現実的な (ja) (higenjitsutekina)

Norwegian: akademisk (no) Spanish: teórico (es) Swedish: akademisk (sv) French: académique m., f., scolaire m., f. Hebrew: אקדמי (aqademi) m., אקדמית (aqademit) f. Interlingua: academic, scholar Romanian: academic m., academică f., academici m. pl., academice f. pl., şcolar m., şcolară f., şcolari m. pl., şcolare f. pl.

member of an academy, college, or university

Danish: akademiker (da) c. Dutch: universitair m. Finnish: (yliopiston) professori/opettaja/tutkija etc., akateemikko Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) c.

Japanese: 学者 (ja) (gakusha) Norwegian: akademiker (no) m. Spanish: académico (es) m., escolar (es) m. Swedish: akademiker (sv) c.

person who attends an academy

Finnish: yliopisto-opiskelija, opiskelija, (yliopiston) professori/opettaja/tutkija etc., akateemikko (rarely)

Japanese: 学生 (ja) (gakusei), 大学生 (ja) (daigakusei) Norwegian: akademiker (no) m.

Platonist

Dutch: academicus (nl) m. Finnish: akateemikko (fi) Greek: πλατωνιστής (el) (platonistís) m. Japanese: プラトン学派の人 (ja) (puraton gakuha no hito) French: universitaire m. Sinhalese: විද්වතා n.

Spanish: académico m., escolar m.

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Interlingua

Adjective

academic

1. academic

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Romanian

Adjective

Academic m. (feminine academică, masculine plural academici, feminine plural academice)

1. academic