academic
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Definitions ofacademic
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- A student in a college.
- Academic dress; academicals.
- Academic studies.
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Example: "the academic sect or philosophy"
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
- Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational
Example: "I have always had an academic interest in hacking."
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Example: "I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else."
- Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.
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