Academicadjective
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Academicadjective
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
Academicadjective
Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational
Academicadjective
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.
Academicadjective
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Academicadjective
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Academicadjective
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
Academicadjective
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
Academicadjective
Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.
Academicnoun
A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
Academicnoun
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.
Academicnoun
A member of the Academy; an academician.
Academicnoun
(archaic) A student in a college.
Academicnoun
(pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals.
Academicnoun
(pluralonly) Academic studies.
Academicadjective
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
Academicadjective
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
Academicnoun
One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
Academicnoun
A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
Academicnoun
an educator who works at a college or university
Academicadjective
associated with academia or an academy;
Academicadjective
hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result;
Academicadjective
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Scholasticnoun
(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
Scholasticadjective
Of or relating to school; academic
Scholasticadjective
(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
Scholasticadjective
Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scholasticadjective
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
Scholasticadjective
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
Scholasticadjective
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scholasticnoun
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Scholasticnoun
See the Note under Jesuit.
Scholasticnoun
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Scholasticnoun
a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
Scholasticadjective
of or relating to schools;
Scholasticadjective
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism;