What does "academic" mean?
Academic: A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
Additional senses
- 2.Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
- 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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