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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Being scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
  • Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning.
  • Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the '''academic''' sect or philosophy.
  • Conforming to set rules and traditions.
  • Having an aptitude for study.
  • pejorative Having no practical importance.

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Noun:

  • A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
  • A person who attends an academy.
  • One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

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