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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution.
academic requirements.
pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics.
Synonyms: liberal, humanist
theoretical or hypothetical; not practical, realistic, or directly useful.
an academic question;
an academic discussion of a matter already decided.
learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality.
Synonyms: theoretical
conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions; conventional.
academic painting.
acquired by formal education, especially at a college or university.
academic preparation for the ministry.
Academic, of or relating to Academe or to the Platonic school of philosophy.

a student or teacher at a college or university.
a person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc..
He was by temperament an academic, concerned with books and the arts.
Academic, a person who supports or advocates the Platonic school of philosophy.
academics, the scholarly activities of a school or university, as classroom studies or research projects.
more emphasis on academics and less on athletics.

academic

/ ˌækəˈdɛmɪk /

belonging or relating to a place of learning, esp a college, university, or academy
of purely theoretical or speculative interest
an academic argument
excessively concerned with intellectual matters and lacking experience of practical affairs
(esp of a schoolchild) having an aptitude for study
conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional
an academic painter
relating to studies such as languages, philosophy, and pure science, rather than applied, technical, or professional studies