academic

n. one who has scholarly leanings; member of an academic institution, professor

adj. learned, educated; scholastic; theoretical; of learning or academia

Academia is a collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.The word comes from the akademeia just outside ancient Athens, where the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athene, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe".By extension Academia has come to connote the cultural accumulation of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations and its practitioners and transmitters. In the seventeenth century, English and French religious scholars popularized the term to describe certain types of institutions of higher learning. The English adopted the form academy while the French adopted the forms acadème and académie.
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(n.)
One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
  

(n.)
A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
  

(a.)
Alt. of Academical
  

Noun
1. an educator who works at a college or university
(synonym) academician, faculty member
(hypernym) educator, pedagogue
(hyponym) professor, prof
Adjective
1. associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"
(pertainym) academia, academe
2. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"
(similar) theoretical
3. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
(synonym) donnish, pedantic
(similar) scholarly

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