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academic
[ ak-uh-dem-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution:
academic requirements.
- pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics.
Synonyms: ,
- 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.
Synonyms:
- 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.
- Academic, 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.
- Academic, 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.
academic
/ ˌæəˈɛɪ /
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
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Example Sentences
Kerr was widely admired in academic circles, but to Reagan, he was "soft" and had "appeased" campus protesters.
That term is used for suspected Chinese state agents who use their position to secretly influence key decision-makers in the British state, including politicians, academics and business leaders.
A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for an American academic under Thailand's lese-majeste law that forbids insulting the monarchy.
I’m wondering if you have any thoughts yourself as an academic.
Jonathan Reynolds, academic director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, University of Oxford, also highlights that the Chinese market is different.
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