(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
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.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A student in a college.
Academic dress; academicals.
Academic studies.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato Example: the academic sect or philosophy
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational Example: I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.
Having a love of or aptitude for learning. Example: I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.
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