Meaning

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato..

Definitions by Sense

1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
3. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
4. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
5. Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
6. (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
7. So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
8. (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.

Example Sentences

the academic sect or philosophy

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.

It was left to the motor industry, half a century later, to destroy Oxford's academic calm.

Programs of work should provide students the opportunities to demonstrate both academic and vocational competence attainment.

Evidence for cannibalism abounds - even if circumstantial - both from the modern world and throughout history, but academic anthropology has found itself in a funk of denial.

I have always had an academic interest in hacking.

the distinction is academic

an academic question

Word Forms

• more academic
• most academic
• academick
• acad
• acad.
• Academic
• academics

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