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Academic and Academia Definitions

Academic

Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.

Academia

The academic community; academe.

Academic

Of or relating to studies that rely on reading and involve abstract thought rather than being primarily practical or technical.

Academia

(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.

Academic

Relating to scholarly performance
A student's academic average.
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Academia

Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
Not every university graduate wishes to pursue academia.

Academic

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.

Academia

The academic world

Academic

Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical
Dismissed the article as a dry, academic exercise.

Academic

Having no important consequence or relevancy
The debate about who is to blame has become academic because the business has left town.
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Academic

A faculty member or scholar at an institution of higher learning, such as a university.

Academic

One who has an academic viewpoint or a scholarly background.

Academic

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
The academic sect or philosophy

Academic

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

Academic

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

Academic

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.
The distinction is 'academic; an academic question

Academic

Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.

Academic

(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

Academic

Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.

Academic

So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.

Academic

A follower of Plato, a Platonist.

Academic

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.

Academic

A member of the Academy; an academician.

Academic

(archaic) A student in a college.

Academic

(pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals.

Academic

(pluralonly) Academic studies.

Academic

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

Academic

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

Academic

One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

Academic

A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

Academic

An educator who works at a college or university

Academic

Associated with academia or an academy;
The academic curriculum
Academic gowns

Academic

Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result;
An academic discussion
An academic question

Academic

Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

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