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Academics

/ˌækəˈdɛmɪks/

(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.

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📖 Definitions of "Academics"

noun

1
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
2
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
3
A member of the Academy; an academician.
4
A student in a college.

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Academia.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Academics"

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Word	Definition
scholarly	Characteristic of a scholar.
donnish	(UK) Characteristic of a university don.
academiciannoun	(now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
theoretical	Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.
pedantic	Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.
faculty membernoun	an educator who works at a college or university
academianoun	(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
studiesnoun	An academic field of study concerning the given subject.
universitynoun	An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.
academenoun	(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
fellowsnoun	A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
academiciansnoun	(now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
academiesnoun	An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
collegesnoun	(chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
educatorsnoun	A person distinguished for their educational work, a teacher.
expertsnoun	A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
graduatesnoun	A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
historiansnoun	A writer of history.
intellectualsnoun	An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
investigatorsnoun	One who investigates.