academic

CEFRB2

/ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Connected with schools, universities, or serious study.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.

Examples

  • Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.

  • More often than not, students prefer club activities to academic classes.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.

  2. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.

  3. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.

More examples

In context

  • I have always had an academic interest in hacking.

  • the academic sect or philosophy

  • the distinction is academic

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Origin

adjective

From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós), from Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) or Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia), the name of the place where Plato taught; compare academy. By surface analysis, academy + -ic.