| Pronunciation: | | `aku'demik
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| Matching Terms: | | academia, academial, academian, academic administrator, academic costume, academic degree, academic department, academic freedom, academic gown, academic program, academic relation, academic requirement, academic robe, academic session, academic term, academic year, academically, academicals, academician, academicianship, academicism, academism, academist
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- [n] an educator who works at a college or university
- [adj] hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"
- [adj] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- [adj] associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"
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| | Synonyms: | | academician, donnish, faculty member, pedantic, scholarly, theoretical |
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| | See Also: | | educator, pedagogue, professor |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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.
\Ac`a*dem"ic\, n.
1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a
Platonist. --Hume.
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an
academician.
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