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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Academic

/ăkˌ-əd-ĕm'-ĭk/ · Ac·a·dem·ic · IPA /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/
01 a. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
  1. 1.
    Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
  2. 2.
    Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
02 n. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
  1. 1.
    One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
  2. 2.
    A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.