academic
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akademeikos), from Ἀκαδημία (Akademia, “the location where Plato taught”) (alternative form: Ἀκαδήμεια) ; compare academy.[1]
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/
- (US) IPA: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/, X-SAMPA: /%{k@"dEmIk/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Adjective
academic (comparative more academic, superlative most academic)
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy. [First attested in the late 16th century.][2]
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization. [First attested in the late 16th century.][2]
- academic courses - William Warburton
- academical study - George Berkeley
- Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to scientific or vocational; having no practical importance. [First attested in the late 19th century.][2]
- I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
- (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic. [First attested in the late 19th century.][2]
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
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Translations
belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning
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belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific
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having no practical importance
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Noun
academic (plural academics)
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][2]
- 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. [First attested in the late 16th century.][2]
- A member of the Academy; an academician. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][2]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.2.ii:
- Carneades the academick, when he was to write against Zeno the stoick, purged himself with hellebor first [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.2.ii:
- (plural only) Academic dress; academicals. [First attested in the early 19th century.][2]
- (plural only) Academic studies. [First attested in the late 20th century.][2]
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Translations
member of an academy, college, or university
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person who attends an academy
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Platonist
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See also
References
- ^ Gove, Philip Babcock, ed. Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. Springfield: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976.
- ↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.62.72.8 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
External links
- academic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- academic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911