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Definitions for Academics
[1] of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
[2] pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics.
[3] theoretical or hypothetical; not practical, realistic, or directly useful: an academic question; an academic discussion of a matter already decided.
[4] learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality.
[5] conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions; conventional: academic painting.
[6] acquired by formal education, especially at a college or university: academic preparation for the ministry.
[7] (initial capital letter ) of or relating to Academe or to the Platonic school of philosophy.
[8] a student or teacher at a college or university.
[9] a person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc.: He was by temperament an academic, concerned with books and the arts.
[10] (initial capital letter ) a person who supports or advocates the Platonic school of philosophy.
[11] academics, the scholarly activities of a school or university, as classroom studies or research projects: more emphasis on academics and less on athletics.
[12] belonging or relating to a place of learning, esp a college, university, or academy
[13] of purely theoretical or speculative interest an academic argument
[14] excessively concerned with intellectual matters and lacking experience of practical affairs
[15] (esp of a schoolchild) having an aptitude for study
[16] conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional an academic painter
[17] relating to studies such as languages, philosophy, and pure science, rather than applied, technical, or professional studies
[18] a member of a college or university
Words related to Academics
academiclecturer, professor, scholar, student, academician, tutor, pupil, scholastic
Words nearby Academics
academicacacia avenue, acad., academe, academese, academia, academic, academic costume, academic dress, academic freedom, academic gown, academic rank
Origin of Academics
1580–90; < Latin Acadēmicus < Greek Akadēmeikós. See academy, academe, -ic
Other words from Academics
an·ti·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective, noun
in·ter·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective
non·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective, noun
pro·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective
pseu·do·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective
qua·si-ac·a·dem·ic , adjective
sem·i·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective
sub·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective
un·ac·a·dem·ic , adjective
Synonyms for Academics
academician, lecturer, professor, scholar, student, pupil, scholastic, tutor