What does "academic" mean?

Academic: A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
  2. 3.Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. "Academic courses." Warburton. "Academical study." Berkeley.

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