academic
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Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/
- (US) IPA: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/, X-SAMPA: /%{k@"dEmIk/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Adjective [edit]
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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Terms derived from academic (adjective)
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Translations [edit]
belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning
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belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
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scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific
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having no practical importance
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Noun [edit]
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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Terms derived from academic (noun)
Translations [edit]
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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References [edit]
- ^ Gove, Philip Babcock, ed. Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. Springfield: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
External links [edit]
- academic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- academic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Interlingua [edit]
Adjective [edit]
academic
Romanian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
academic m (feminine academică, masculine plural academici, feminine plural academice)
