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Meaning
Adj
●
Belonging to the school or
philosophy
of Plato
●
Belonging to an
academy
or other
higher institution
of learning, or a
scholarly
society
or organization.
●
In particular:
relating
to
literary
,
classical
, or
artistic
studies like the
humanities
,
rather than
to
technical
or
vocational
studies like
engineering
or welding.
●
Having little
practical
use or value, as by being
overly
detailed
and
unengaging
, or by being
theoretical
and
speculative
with no
practical
importance.
●
Having a
love
of or
aptitude
for learning.
●
In Art:
Conforming to set
rules
and
traditions
;
conventional
; formalistic.
Subscribing to the
architectural
standards
of Vitruvius.
●
So
scholarly
as to
be
unaware
of the
outside world
;
lacking
in
worldliness
;
inexperienced
in
practical
matters.
Noun
●
In People:
A
follower
of Plato, a Platonist.
●
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.
●
A
member
of the Academy; an academician.
●
A
student
in a college.
●
Academic
dress
;
academic
als.
●
Academic studies.
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Synonyms
Academick
Acad
Acad.
Academician
Scholar
Related
Intellectual
Educational
Undergraduate
Scholarly
Educator
Teacher
School
Student
Interdisciplinary
Education
Scientific
Faculty
Anthropologist
Economist
University
Professor
College
Curriculum
Professional
Graduate
Scholastic
Instructional
Instructor
Students
Scholarship
Vocational
Analytic
Historian
Astrophysicist
Teaching
Professors
Personal
Social
Teachers
Technical
Researcher
Classroom
Mathematics
Institution
Sociologist
Author
Learner
Undergrad
Institutional
Individual
Ideological
Writer
Clinical
Lecturer
Literary
Doctoral
Educational Institution
Higher Education
Art Historian
Social Science
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Rhymes
Chemic
Polemic
Endemic
Academic
Pandemic
Systemic
Pandemic
Philopolemic
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