ac´aem´i|cal|ly

ac´aem´i|cal|ly
ac|a|dem|ic «AK uh DEHM ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of or having to do with schools, colleges, universities, and their studies; scholarly: »

the academic world, academic research. The academic year begins when school opens in September.

 SYNONYM(S): scholastic.
2. concerned with general education rather than commercial, technical, or professional education: »

History and French are academic subjects; typewriting and bookkeeping are commercial subjects.

SYNONYM(S): humanistic.
3. not arising in practice; not practical; hypothetical; theoretical: »

“Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” is an academic question. Wilson, one of the least academic of our critics, is also one of the most thorough (Saturday Review).

 SYNONYM(S): speculative.
4. following fixed rules and traditions; formal: »

academic verse, academic painting.

SYNONYM(S): conventional.
–n.
1. a college student or teacher.
2. an academician.
–ac´aem´i|cal|ly, adverb.
Ac|a|dem|ic «AK uh DEHM ihk», adjective.
belonging to Plato's school of philosophy; skeptical.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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