Hypertext Webster Gateway: "academic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, Academical \Ac`a*dem"ic*al\, a. [L.
academicus: cf. F. acad['e]migue. See {Academy}.]
1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the
Academic sect or philosophy.
2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of
learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction
from scientific. ``Academic courses.'' --Warburton.
``Academical study.'' --Berkeley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, n.
1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a
Platonist. --Hume.
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an
academician.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
academic
adj 1: associated with academia or an academy; "the academic
curriculum"; "academic gowns"
2: hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an
immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion";
"an academic question"
3: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
especially its trivial aspects [syn: {donnish}, {pedantic}]
n : an educator who works at a college or university [syn: {academician},
{faculty member}]
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