academic
academic Lexical Profile
academic Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to education, schools, universities, or scholarly study.
"The university sets high standards for academic achievement across all departments."
Having a natural aptitude for or keen interest in scholarly study, reading, and intellectual pursuits.
"Although she was not particularly academic at school, she excelled in practical engineering."
Strictly theoretical or hypothetical, having no practical relevance or immediate consequence.
"Since the flight has already departed without us, the question of which gate it used is purely academic."
• noun
A teacher, lecturer, or research scholar at a university, college, or higher education institute.
"Leading academics from around the world gathered at the symposium to discuss climate policy."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin academicus, from Ancient Greek Akademikos, referring to the Academy (Akademeia), the sacred olive grove near Athens where Plato taught philosophy.