Meaning of academic | Babel Free

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1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
   capitalized, usually
3. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization
4. scholastic
5. A person who is a member of a college, university, or other institution of higher education.
6. 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.
7. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding
8. academician, academic
9. of or concerning study especially in schools, colleges etc. an academic career. akademies أكَادِيمِي академичен acadêmico akademický akademisch akademisk ακαδημαϊκός, πανεπιστημιακόςacadémico akadeemiline دانشگاهی akateeminen universitaire אקדמי, עיוני शैक्षिक akademski tudományos; egyetemi universiter háskóla-, fræðilegur accademico 学問の 학문의 akademinis, mokslinis akadēmisks karier akademik academischakademiskakademicki علمى académico universitar академический; учебный akademický, teoretický a...
   especially
10. A member of the Academy; an academician.
11. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance
12. a university or college teacher. كُلِّيَة، جَامِعه professor Universitätsdozent akademiker καθηγητής πανεπιστημίου ή κολεγίου profesor de universidad korkeakoulun opettaja universitaire egyetemi oktató dosen háskólakennari accademico 大学教師 대학 교수 dëstytojas, mokslininkas academicus universitets-/høyskolelærer nauczyciel akademicki, naukowiec د پوهنتون استاد professor uni­versitar преподаватель; профессор vysokoškolský učiteľ, -ka profesor akademiker, universitetslärare อาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัย öğreti...
13. A student in a college.
    archaic
14. Having a love of or aptitude for learning
15. that part of the year when students go to school, college or university. The academic year ends in June. akademiese jaar السَّنَة الأكَادِيمِيه/ الجَامِعِيَه семестър ano escolar akademický rok das Schuljahr, akademisches Jahr skoleår; akademiske år ακαδημαϊκό έτοςaño académico akadeemiline aasta, õppeaasta سال تحصیلی lukuvuosi שְׁנַת לִימוּדִים אֲקָדֶמִית शैक्षिक वर्ष akademska godina (egyetemi) tanév tahun kuliah accademico 学年度 학년, 학기 mokslo metai akadēmiskais gads tahun akademik cursusjaar...
16. Academic dress; academicals.
    plural, plural-only
17. akademies أكَاديمياً، جامِعِياً академичен em termos acadêmicos akademicky akademisch akademisk ακαδημαϊκάacadémicamente, en términos académicos akadeemiliselt از نظر تحصیلی akateemisesti académiquement בְּאוֹפֶן אֲקָדֶמִי शैक्षिक रूप से akademički elméletileg; elvontan akademis á hefðbundinn hátt, í viðteknum stíl in termini accademici 学問的に 학문적으로 akadēmiski dengan akademiknya academischakademisk naukowo د علمى يا تحصيلى له نظره em termos académicos academic академично, академически akademick...
18. Academic studies.
    plural, plural-only
19. Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.
20. Academic Of or relating to the conservative style of art promoted by an official academy, especially the Académie des Beaux Arts in France in the nineteenth century.
21. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: dismissed the article as a dry, academic exercise.
22. Having no important consequence or relevancy: The debate about who is to blame has become academic because the business has left town.
23. A faculty member or scholar at an institution of higher learning, such as a university.

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Examples

“Academics[…]see integrated systems for collecting, processing and acting on data as offering a “second electrification” to the world’s metropolises.”

“Carneades the academick, when he was to write against Zeno the stoick, purged himself with hellebor first […].”

“Many spoke of an intense fear of failing one’s academics at university, which can both be highly motivating to secure academic success (sometimes at the cost of socialising), but can also immobilise one’s desire to try harder as it can be rather disappointing if one does not succeed. […] Many autistic students commonly reported viewing academics to be the most important aspect of university life and had a strong sense of persistence and self-determination to succeed. […] However, while some autistic students viewed socialising to be a source of threat that could jeopardise their academic success if indulged in, others highlighted the importance of social connections at university beyond that of academics.”

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