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ACADEMIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An educator who works at a college or university
Synonyms:
academic; academician; faculty member
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("academic" is a kind of...):
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "academic"):
prof; professor (someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university)
Derivation:
academic (associated with academia or an academy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
Example:
an academic question
Classified under:
Similar:
theoretical (concerned with theories rather than their practical applications)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
scholarly (characteristic of scholars or scholarship)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Associated with academia or an academy
Example:
academic gowns
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
academia (the academic world)
Derivation:
academia (the academic world)
academic (an educator who works at a college or university)
academy (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)
Context examples:
An administrative unit within a government, academic organization or business.
(Division, NCI Thesaurus)
The Doctor of Philosophy degree is the highest academic degree awarded in recognition of creative scholarship and research in a field of study.
(Doctor of Philosophy, NCI Thesaurus)
The academic standard is equivalent to Ph.D.
(Doctor of Dental Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)
A professional doctorate that prepares the student for academic, administrative or specialized positions in education.
(Doctor of Education, NCI Thesaurus)
The Director of Cancer Research Center is professional, administrative, research and academic position with Cancer Center.
(Director of Cancer Research Center, NCI Thesaurus)
A category used for classifying sources of research reagents not obtained through academic institutions.
(Commercial Sources, NCI Thesaurus)
A four year academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by a tertiary education university or similarly accredited school.
(Bachelor of Science in Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
A developer, supplier and distributor of reagents and assays for biopharmaceutical and academic research.
(BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus)
Comprised of nine academic and public institutions and private organizations.
(Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, NCI Thesaurus)
The academic standard is equivalent to Ph.D. science.
(Doctor of Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)
