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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, Academical \Ac`a*dem"ic*al\, a. [L. academicus: cf F. acad['e]migue. See {Academy}.] 1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as the Academic sect or philosophy. 2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. ``Academic courses.'' --Warburton. ``Academical study.'' --Berkeley. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, n. 1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. --Hume. 2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: academic adj 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 [syn: {donnish}, {pedantic}] n : an educator who works at a college or university [syn: {academician}, {faculty member}]
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