academick

Adjective

academic (comparative more academic, superlative most academic)

1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
   • the academic sect or philosophy
2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
   • But unhappily, by too short a view of things, you have been apt to mistake the completion of your academic courses for the completion of your theologic studies: and then, by a false modesty, have despaired of knowing more than you would suffer those august places of your education to teach you.1761, William Warburton, A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester; republished as The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D. D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester, volume 9, 1811, page...
3. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
   • Programs of work should provide students the opportunities to demonstrate both academic and vocational competence attainment.1991, Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, Accountability Report, and ... State Plan for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education in Wisconsin, page 16
4. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
   • I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
5. Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
   • I’m more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
6. Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

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