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academic definition
academic |
Grep of noun academic academic academic administrator academic costume academic degree academic department academic freedom academic gown academic program academic relation academic requirement academic robe academic session academic term academic year academician academicianship academicism Overview of noun academic The noun academic has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) academician, academic, faculty member -- (an educator who works at a college or university) Overview of adj academic The adj academic has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (18) academic -- (associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns") 2. (3) academic -- (hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question") 3. (2) academic, donnish, pedantic -- (marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects) Antonyms of adj academic 2 of 3 senses of academic Sense 2 academic INDIRECT (VIA theoretical) -> applied Sense 3 academic, donnish, pedantic INDIRECT (VIA scholarly) -> unscholarly Similarity of adj academic 3 senses of academic Sense 1 academic Pertains to noun academia (Sense 1) =>academia, academe => world, domain Sense 2 academic => theoretical (vs. applied) Sense 3 academic, donnish, pedantic => scholarly (vs. unscholarly) Attributes of adj academic Familiarity of adj academic academic used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj academic academic Overview of noun academic The noun academic has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) academician, academic, faculty member -- (an educator who works at a college or university) Overview of adj academic The adj academic has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (18) academic -- (associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns") 2. (3) academic -- (hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question") 3. (2) academic, donnish, pedantic -- (marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects)
academic definition
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