Thesaurus: academic

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1. a. Alt. of Academical
2. n. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
3. n. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
4. adj. associated with academia or an academy
5. adj. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
6. adj. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
7. n. an educator who works at a college or university
8. 1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. Hume. 2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician. 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.
9. j:88/n:12 a. associated with academia or an academy s. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result s. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects