academic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 External links 2 Interlingua 2.1 Adjective 3 Romanian 3.1 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

Latin academicus: compare French académique. See academy.

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• IPA: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/, SAMPA: /%{k@"dEmIk/
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  Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

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academic (comparative more academic, superlative most academic)

1. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning.
   • academic courses - William Warburton
   • academical study - George Berkeley
2. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.
3. Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
4. Conforming to set rules and traditions.
5. Having an aptitude for study.
6. (pejorative) Having no practical importance.

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academic (plural academics)

1. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
2. A person who attends an academy.
3. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

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• scientific

[edit] External links

• academic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• academic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Interlingua

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academic

1. academic

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[edit] Romanian

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academic (academică f., academici m. pl., academice f. pl.)

1. Academic m.