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Plural of academic

regular plural

The plural of academic is academics.

Forms of academic

Singularacademic /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/
Pluralacademics /ˌækəˈdɛmɪks/
Countablecountable

Academics in a sentence

  • What about the exclusive nature of the Western literary canon, venerated by dark academics?2021 March 17, Aarushi Nohria, “Decolonizing the dark academia aesthetic”, in The Daily Campus, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2021. From the entry dark academic
  • In order to combat this, I signal boost the work of black academics on social media.2017, Nyasha Junior, “The Scholarly Network”, in Journal of Biblical Literature, volume 136, number 1, →DOI, page 126. From the entry signal boost
  • Practitioners and academics from all fields have recognized the problems inherent in siloism.2017, Janette Hartz-Karp, Dora Marinova, Methods for Sustainability Research, page 100. From the entry siloism
  • When it comes to academics, you are a first ranker throughout.2015, Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories. From the entry ranker
  • The practice has come under attack, especially by academics who accuse neuromarketers of selling junk science.2015 November 3, Kevin Randall, “Neuropolitics, Where Campaigns Try to Read Your Mind”, in New York Times. From the entry neuromarketer

Meaning of academic

  1. adjective Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
  2. adjective Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
  3. adjective In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.

Full definition of academic

Questions about the plural of academic

What is the plural of academic?
The plural of academic is academics.
Is academic countable?
Academic is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: academic (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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