Academy vs. Academic

Academynoun

The garden where Plato taught.

Academynoun

Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.

Academynoun

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.

Academynoun

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.

Academynoun

A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.

Academynoun

(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.

Academynoun

Academia.

Academynoun

A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.

Academynoun

A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.

Academynoun

A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.

Academynoun

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.

Academynoun

A place of training; a school.

Academynoun

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.

Academynoun

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.

Academynoun

a secondary school (usually private)

Academynoun

an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

Academynoun

a school for special training

Academynoun

a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

Academynoun

a place of study or training in a special field

Academynoun

a place of study

Academynoun

(in England) an inner-city school which is funded by the government and sometimes also by a private individual or organization but is not controlled by the local authority.

Academynoun

a secondary school, in the US typically a private one

Academynoun

the teaching school founded by Plato.

Academynoun

a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field

Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

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