academic meaning

Adjective: academic  `aku'demik

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
   - donnish, pedantic

Noun: academic  `aku'demik

1. An educator who works at a college or university
   - academician, faculty member

Derived forms: academics

See also: academia, academically, academy, scholarly, theoretical

Type of: educator, pedagog [US], pedagogue

Encyclopedia: Academic

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1. he is a vice-president for academic affairs.
2. she affiliates with an academic society.
3. she was, in fact, a little academic.
4. he submitted his plans to the academic sciences.
5. she is always shown an academic turn of mind.