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academic

/ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/
adjectivenoun

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.

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Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.

    “the academic sect or philosophy”

  2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.

  3. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.

  4. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.

    “I have always had an academic interest in hacking.”

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A follower of Plato, a Platonist.

  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.

  3. A member of the Academy; an academician.

  4. Academic dress; academicals.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós), from Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) or Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia), the name of the place where Plato taught; compare academy. By surface analysis, academy + -ic.

ACADEMIC at a glance

ACADEMIC has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (A 1 + C 3 + A 1 + D 2 + E 1 + M 3 + I 1 + C 3) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,547 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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