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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
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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
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- antiacademic adjective
- interacademic adjective
- nonacademic adjective
- proacademic adjective
- pseudoacademic adjective
- quasi-academic adjective
- semiacademic adjective
- subacademic adjective
- unacademic adjective
- Ė²¹³¦²¹Ė»å±š³¾¾±³¦²¹±ō±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In my recent conversation with Fishkin, I focused mainly on his results rather than on the underlying academic arguments ā which are addressed at length in his book.
The room buzzed with the sound of jokes, banter between friends, and the odd bit of academic discussion.
Sir Geoff, chancellor and professor emeritus at Heriot-Watt University, moved to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and became known as both an academic and a human rights advocate.
Universities depend on the full tuition fees paid by international students and see Chinese and other foreign students as integral to their academic operations and missions to foster diverse campuses.
The em dash is already quite accustomed to controversy, with a long history of charming and bedeviling authors, journalists and academics.
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