academic

English

Alternative forms

• academick (obsolete)

Etymology

From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique; compare academy.

Pronunciation

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

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  Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

Terms derived from academic (adjective)

academic advantage academic disadvantage academic institution

academic question academic degree academic discipline

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to academic (adjective)

academia academical academically academically disadvantaged

academicals academism academist academy

Translations

belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning

Catalan: acadèmic (ca) Czech: akademický (cs) m. Dutch: academisch, universitair Esperanto: akademia (eo) Finnish: akateeminen (fi), yliopistollinen (fi) Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) Ido: akademiala (io)

Italian: accademico (it) Japanese: 学問の (ja) (gakumonno), 大学の (ja) (daigakuno) Norwegian: akademisk (no) Romanian: universitar (ro) m. and n., universitară (ro) f., academic (ro) m. and n. Spanish: académico (es) Swedish: akademisk (sv)

belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato

Catalan: acadèmic (ca) Dutch: academisch (nl)

Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) m., πλατωνικός (el) (platonikós) m. Japanese: プラトン学派の (ja) (puraton gakuha no)

scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific

Dutch: academisch (nl) Finnish: akateeminen (fi), teoreettinen (fi) German: akademisch (de) Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) Ido: academiala (io)

Italian: accademico (it) Japanese: 人文的な (ja) (jinbuntekina) Norwegian: akademisk (no) Romanian: academic (ro) m. and n., academică (ro) f.

having no practical importance

Dutch: academisch (nl) Finnish: akateeminen (fi), teoreettinen (fi) Greek: θεωρητικός (el) (theoritikós), ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) m. Japanese: 非現実的な (ja) (higenjitsutekina)

Norwegian: akademisk (no) Spanish: teórico (es) Swedish: akademisk (sv)

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French: académique m., f., scolaire m., f. Hebrew: אקדמי (aqademi) m., אקדמית (aqademit) f. Interlingua: academic, scholar

Romanian: academic m., academică f., academici m. pl., academice f. pl., școlar m., școlară f., școlari m. pl., școlare f. pl.

Noun

academic (plural academics)

1. A member of the Academy; a follower of Plato, a Platonist.
   • 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 [...].

2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
3. A person who attends an academy.

Derived terms

Terms derived from academic (noun)

Translations

member of an academy, college, or university

Catalan: acadèmic (ca) m. Danish: akademiker (da) c. Dutch: universitair m. Finnish: (yliopiston) professori/opettaja/tutkija etc., akateemikko Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) c.

Japanese: 学者 (ja) (gakusha) Norwegian: akademiker (no) m. Spanish: académico (es) m., escolar (es) m. Swedish: akademiker (sv) c.

person who attends an academy

Catalan: acadèmic (ca) m. Finnish: yliopisto-opiskelija, opiskelija, (yliopiston) professori/opettaja/tutkija etc., akateemikko (rarely)

Japanese: 学生 (ja) (gakusei), 大学生 (ja) (daigakusei) Norwegian: akademiker (no) m.

Platonist

Catalan: acadèmic (ca) m. Dutch: academicus (nl) m. Finnish: akateemikko (fi)

Greek: πλατωνιστής (el) (platonistís) m. Japanese: プラトン学派の人 (ja) (puraton gakuha no hito)

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French: universitaire m. Sinhalese: විද්වතා n.

Spanish: académico m., escolar m.

See also

• scientific

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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Interlingua

Adjective

academic

1. academic

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Romanian

Adjective

academic m. (feminine academică, masculine plural academici, feminine plural academice)

1. academic