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Pronunciation
- /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Medieval Latin acadēmicusder. ▲ Latin acadēmicusbor. French académiqueder. English academic From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós), from Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) or Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia), the name of the place where Plato taught; compare academy. By surface analysis, academy + -ic.
Meanings
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Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
the academic sect or philosophy
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Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
It was left to the motor industry, half a century later, to destroy Oxford's academic calm.
1959 December, John Alves, “Resorts for Railfans - 29: Oxford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 596:But unhappily, by too short a view of things, you have been apt to mistake the completion of your academic courses for the completion of your theologic studies: and then, by a false modesty, have despaired of knowing more than you would suffer those august places of your education to teach you.
1761, William Warburton, A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester; republished as The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D. D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester, volume 9, 1811, page 372:
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In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
Evidence for cannibalism abounds - even if circumstantial - both from the modern world and throughout history, but academic anthropology has found itself in a funk of denial.
2000 September 7, Henry Gee, “Eating people - is it bad taste?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 May 2014:Programs of work should provide students the opportunities to demonstrate both academic and vocational competence attainment.
1991, Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, Accountability Report, and ... State Plan for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education in Wisconsin, page 16:
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Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
The character of the process by which the views of the intellectuals influence the politics of tomorrow is therefore of much more than academic interest.
1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 418:The question of how many weapons are required for credible deterrence against India is purely academic.
2011 May 16, “Pakistan's AQ Khan: My Nuclear Manifesto”, in Newsweek:But almost always such words are irreversibly established before the objectors learn of their existence, and the objections are hardly more than academic exercises.
1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 112:"Anyway, we have the triffids controlled well enough so it's an academic point and scarcely worth raising."
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 49:the distinction is academic
an academic question
In practice this distinction is academic, as any small nodule on the surface of a thyroidectomy specimen should be examined histologically. If carcinoma is suspected or proven, the whole surface of the specimen may be marked[…]
1990, David George Lowe, I. J. M. Jeffrey, Surgical Pathology Techniques, Mosby Incorporated:[…]; if you do not know, or care to know, much about critical theory, the writings of Butler are academic in the unflattering sense of that term. But in their world, they are, if not royalty, lords of the realm.
2018 September 23, Eliot A. Cohen, “The Crisis of the American Elites”, in The Atlantic:I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
SCP-3125 had skirmished with ω-0 before, but it had always been unclear how much information about ω-0 it retained between skirmishes. In fact it was unclear, fundamentally speaking, how SCP-3125 thought at all. Its behaviour was inconsistent, unpredictable and frightening; records of its activities were cognitohazardous, discouraging close analysis. In the end, the question proved to be academic. When SCP-3125 arrived, whether it knew ω-0 was there or not, it took no special action against it, and had no need to. Most of ω-0's members' anchors were Foundationers, or Foundation-adjacent. With those people's minds blown away in the first strike, the dense web of mutual memory which had held the Task Force together since its formation tore loose. More than half of the Task Force was cast into the void and died; the final, real death they had evaded for years.
2019 August 26, qntm, “Unthreaded”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 162:For the majority of owners, its four-wheel-drive endeavours will be of purely academic interest.
2017 November 10, “Land Rover Discovery review – SUV's the finest car in the Landy”, in Scottish Daily Record:As a general matter, we will not consider a protest where the issue presented has no practical consequences with regard to an existing federal government procurement, and thus is of purely academic interest.
2018 May 22, Decision, Matter of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, US Government Accountability Office:In theory, a fully intact reverse osmosis membrane should be capable of removing lipopolysaccharide pyrogens […] In practice, this distinction is academic, because pyrogens do not replicate, and as long as the product water is […]
1985, Depyrogenation, page 33:The exact sequence and timing of the subsequent explosions and inflight fires are not known and are, in fact, somewhat academic with respect to the probable cause of the accident.
1965 February 25, Civil Aeronautics Board, “Analysis”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Pan American World Airways, Inc Boeing 707-121, N709PA, Near Elkton, Maryland, December 8, 1963, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2024, page 11:
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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.
- Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most academic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| Academic | alternative | lexicographic | |
| acad | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
| more academic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| academick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| acad. | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
pseudoacademic · non-academic · academicist · nonacademic · academic art · academicism · academic freedom · Blackademic · academicize · antiacademic · blackademic · protoacademic · interacademic · acafan · pracademic · academicness · academicise · academic costume · academic advantage · academic degree · academic year · academic bulimia · subacademic · quasi-academic · quackademic · acafandom · academic disadvantage · Academicism · academic quarter · superacademic · unacademic · academic institution · academic question · academented · academic weapon · academic discipline
Relateds
academically disadvantaged · academy · academism · academist · academia · academical · academicals · academically
Translations (120)
pt acadêmico (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · da akademisk (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · hu elvont (so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world) · ru университе́тский (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · cy academaidd (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · sh шко̀лскӣ (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · sh akàdemskī (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · pt académico (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · pt platônico (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · vi học thuật (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu szakmai (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · fi akateeminen (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · pt platónico (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · ja 大学の (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · da boglig (having an aptitude for learning) · fi akateeminen (conforming to set rules and traditions) · sh ака̀демскӣ (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu akadémikus (so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world) · hu bölcsészeti (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · no akademisk (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu elméleti (so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world) · ca acadèmic (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · nl academisch (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · ja 学問の (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · tl talisiknin (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ko 학구적인 (having an aptitude for learning) · pl akademicki (conforming to set rules and traditions) · da akademisk (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · bg академичен (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · id akademis (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · ko 학술적인 (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · de akademisch (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · el ακαδημαϊκός (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · ja 非現実的な (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · it accademico (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · sea ekedemik (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · be акадэмі́чны (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · fr académique (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · el ακαδημαϊκός (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · it accademico (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ar أَكَادِيمِيّ (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · ko 형식적인 (conforming to set rules and traditions) · ko 학문적인 (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · ko 학문적인 (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ko 아카데미아의 (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · ro universitar (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · fi akateeminen (having an aptitude for learning) · lv akadēmisks (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · fi akateeminen (so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world) · sh akàdemskī (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · nl academisch (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · fi akateeminen (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · cmn 學術的 /学术的 (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · cy colegaidd (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · fa دانشگاهی (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · io akademiala (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · id akademik (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · sh ака̀демскӣ (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · sh teòretskī (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · hu akadémista (conforming to set rules and traditions) · ro academic (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · is fræðilegur (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · io academiala (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · hu elméleti (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ja 人文的な (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · fr académique (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · ar ملتزم بالقوانين (conforming to set rules and traditions) · cy academaidd (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ro academic (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ca acadèmic (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · fi teoreettinen (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · cy academaidd (having an aptitude for learning) · sh škòlskī (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · hu tanulmányi (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · sv akademisk (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · ru академи́ческий (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · fr universitaire (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · fur academic (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu tan- (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · nl universitair (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · ja プラトン学派の (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · uk академі́чний (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu intellektuális (having an aptitude for learning) · ko 전통적인 (conforming to set rules and traditions) · hu szellemi (having an aptitude for learning) · hu egyetemi (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · pl akademicki (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu tudományos (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · is akademískur (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · no akademisk (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · de intellektuell (having an aptitude for learning) · nl academisch (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ml വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu értelmiségi (having an aptitude for learning) · el πλατωνικός (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · tl pantalisikan (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ar أَكَادِيمِيّ (having an aptitude for learning) · hu felsőoktatási (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · de akademisch (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · es académico (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · cmn 學院派 /学院派 (conforming to set rules and traditions) · ga acadúil (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · ka აკადემიკოსი (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · ko 플라톤 학파의 (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · ar أَكَادِيمِيّ (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · fi yliopistollinen (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · hu akadémista (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · ar متقيد بالقوانين (conforming to set rules and traditions) · he אָקָדֵמִי (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · cs akademický (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · cy academaidd (so scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world) · eo akademia (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · bg академичен (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · fi akateeminen (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · sh тео̀ретскӣ (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · fur academic (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) · ar أَكَادِيمِيّ (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · tl talisiknin (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) · is fræðilegur (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from vocational) · tl pantalisikan (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning)