| academic | |
| 1. adj. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato | |
| the academic sect or philosophy | |
| 2. adj. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization. | |
| 3. adj. Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational | |
| (eg, en, I have always had an academic interest in hacking.) | |
| 4. adj. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance. | |
| 5. adj. Having a love of or aptitude for learning. | |
| (eg, en, I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.) | |
| 6. adj. (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic. | |
| 7. adj. So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness. | |
| 8. adj. Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius. | |
| 9. adj. Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering. | |
| 10. n. (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.(R:SOED5) | |
| 11. n. A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. | |
| 12. n. A member of the Academy; an academician. | |
| 13. n. (archaic) A student in a college. | |
| 14. n. (pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals. | |
| 15. n. (pluralonly) Academic studies. | |
