ALL meanings of academics
ac·a·dem·ic
A a - noun academics Plural form of academic. 1
- adjective academics of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements. 1
- adjective academics pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics. 1
- adjective academics theoretical or hypothetical; not practical, realistic, or directly useful: an academic question; an academic discussion of a matter already decided. 1
- adjective academics learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality. 1
- adjective academics conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions; conventional: academic painting. 1
- adjective academics acquired by formal education, especially at a college or university: academic preparation for the ministry. 1
- adjective academics (initial capital letter) of or relating to Academe or to the Platonic school of philosophy. 1
- noun academics a student or teacher at a college or university. 1
- noun academics a person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc.: He was by temperament an academic, concerned with books and the arts. 1
- noun academics (initial capital letter) a person who supports or advocates the Platonic school of philosophy. 1
- noun academics academics, the scholarly activities of a school or university, as classroom studies or research projects: more emphasis on academics and less on athletics. 1
- noun academics plural of academic. 0
- noun academics (Uncountable Noun) Academia. 0