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Definitions: Academic |
AcademicAdjective1. Associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns". 2. Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question". 3. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. Noun1. An educator who works at a college or university. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "academic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ACA | English | Academic Cooperation Association | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Academic."
Synonyms: AcademicSynonyms: donnish (adj), pedantic (adj), academician (n), faculty member (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
School | Adjective: scholastic, academic, collegiate; educational. |
Supposition | Adjective: supposing; Verb: given, mooted, postulatory; assumed; Verb: supposititious, suppositive, suppositious; gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative; suppositional. |
Teaching | Adjective: teaching;v; taught;Verb: educational; scholastic, academic, doctrinal; disciplinal; instructive, instructional, didactic; propaedeutic, propaedeutical. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | He's a real special kid and I have high hopes for him. I think if he works really hard, he can get an academic scholarship to Wabash College and get out of this place. (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) The accepted social order is that head cheerleaders date star quarterbacks, not academic wannabees. (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel) Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Dr. Kurtz, I'm unfamiliar with the academic guidelines at Radcliffe, but I would think any major university would consider warring on the United States and eating prisoners of war a serious breach of ethics. (Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death; writing credit: J.F. Lawton) In the opinion of this educator, Ferris is not taking his academic growth seriously. (Ferris Bueller's Day Off; writing credit: John Hughes) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Academic Advances (1999) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Underground magnetic observatory built at the University of Wisconsin in 1870's Built under direction of Coast Survey Observations made to Coast Survey specifications One of many academic geophysical observatories built under guidance of C&GS.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Irving Layton | If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who studies the passion-stains on the bedsheets. |
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Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It is also an honor, perhaps almost unique, for a private visitor to be introduced to an academic audience by the President of the United States. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He is, in his nature, but slightly academic. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Periodicals include newsletters, magazines, and academic journals. (references) | |
Their academic and social difficulties have far-reaching and long-term consequences. (references) | ||
Data on cognitive and academic development following implantation are not yet available. (references) | ||
Business | Many practitioners use it to search for academic articles. (references) | |
This would enable students to have practical exposure during the academic period. (references) | ||
The academic and research sector will probably contract because of a lack of funding. (references) | ||
Children | Italy | The dropout rate for the academic year 2000-01 was 4.6 percent. (references) |
Ghana | In the 1998-99 academic year, the University of Ghana enrolled 852 women and 2,226 men. (references) | |
Mexico | According to a 1998 academic study, in most areas of the countries, girls and boys attend school at similar rates. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | East Timor | UNTAET respects academic freedom. (references) |
Taiwan | The authorities respected academic freedom. (references) | |
Belarus | The Lukashenka regime restricts academic freedom. (references) | |
Economic History | Barbados | Other Academic Qualifications; A.L.A.M., L.G.S.M., Diploma in Journalism. (references) |
Syria | The second 3-year period of academic training is required for university admission. (references) | |
Finland | After this, they may elect to continue along an academic (lukio) or vocational (ammat-tikoulu) line. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | The members are from various academic, religious, political, military, and human rights backgrounds. (references) |
Thailand | However, some academic groups claimed that the searches were arbitrary and violated the villagers' civil rights. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Violence caused disruption to academic activities at Rajshahi University, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, and Jahangirnagar University. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Japan | The Ainu continue to face societal discrimination while engaging in an uphill struggle against complete assimilation, although Ainu-language newspapers, radio programs, and academic programs studying Ainu culture have increased since 1997. In March the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) noted that the country "has not taken sufficient steps to address the issue of discriminatory treatment of Koreans and Ainu living in" the country. (references) |
Minorities | Uruguay | Blacks are practically unrepresented in the bureaucratic and academic sectors. (references) |
Ukraine | They claimed that their children were disadvantaged when taking academic entrance examinations, since all applicants are required to take a Ukrainian language test. (references) | |
Political Economy | Zimbabwe | Journalists also practiced self-censorship, and the Government continued to restrict academic freedom. (references) |
Finland | Siimes' academic training as an economist and non-doctrinaire approach to politics have been important for her success individually, as well as for the success of the party in general. (references) | |
Sudan | Since 1989 real power has rested with the NIF, founded by Dr. Hassan al-Turabi, who became Speaker of the National Assembly in 1996. In November 1998, the NIF renamed itself the National Congress (NC); NIF/NC members and supporters continue to hold key positions in the Government, security forces, judiciary, academic institutions, trade unions, professional associations, and the media. (references) | |
Political Rights | Singapore | In addition government influence extends in varying degrees to academic, community service, and other NGO's. (references) |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Members of the expatriate community or those who have received their schooling abroad frequently use academic titles and degrees. (references) |
Uae | Travelers intending to work in the UAE should have their academic and occupational certificates authenticated by the Department of State's authentication office in Washington, D.C. before traveling, in order to acquire a work permit. (references) | |
Women | Nigeria | While some women have made considerable individual progress both in the academic and business world, women remain underprivileged. (references) |
Tunisia | Media attention focuses on women's economic and academic accomplishments, and usually omits reference to culturally sensitive issues. (references) | |
Indonesia | Numerous NGO-organized conferences and rallies dealing with women's issues were held, as well as some that were organized by academic institutions and government ministries. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Indonesia | Most of them are not allowed to study or take academic courses. (references) |
Greece | An academic observer estimated that approximately 40,000 women, most between the ages of 12 and 25, are trafficked to the country each year for prostitution. (references) | |
Mexico | A consultative committee comprised of employers, union, academic specialists, and a government representative was formed and completed its work during the year. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Laura Schlessinger | You know, I'm not going to take up the academic time in school. I wrote this book, I'm on the air, there are counselors like this dear lady calling, there are places to go. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | I shall also recommend bills to improve educational quality, to stimulate the arts, and, at the college level, to provide Federal loans for the construction of academic facilities and federally financed scholarships. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We must set tough, world-class academic and occupational standards for all our children and give our teachers and students the tools they need to meet them. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Schools that don't improve will begin to face consequences, such as that parents can move their child to another public school, or hire a tutor, or any other academic help. |
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| "Academic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.14% of the time. "Academic" is used about 4,412 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.14% | 4,374 | 2,240 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.82% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,412 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Johnan Academic Preparatory Institute |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "academic": academic administrator ♦ academic award ♦ academic background ♦ academic concept ♦ academic costume ♦ academic counsellor ♦ academic degree ♦ academic department ♦ academic discussion ♦ Academic Dissertations [Publication Type] ♦ academic dress ♦ academic freedom ♦ academic gown ♦ Academic Medical Centers ♦ academic program ♦ academic record ♦ academic registrar ♦ academic relation ♦ academic requirement ♦ academic research ♦ academic robe ♦ academic session ♦ academic term ♦ academic year ♦ european Academic and Research Network ♦ joint Academic NETwork ♦ start of the academic year. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "academic": academic-centredness, academic-industry, academic-looking, academic-only, academic-parliamentary, academic-philosophical, academic-related, academic-territorial, academic-theoretical, academic-vocational, academic-year. | |
Ending with "academic": non-academic, pseudo-academic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
academic | 1,378 |
academic software | 253 |
academic press | 131 |
academic journal | 84 |
academic regalia | 81 |
academic department | 76 |
academic planet | 72 |
academic program | 59 |
academic superstore | 56 |
academic scholarship | 56 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "academic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | student (scholar, student). (various references) | |
Albanian | akademik (academical, academician), teorik (academical, armchair, paper, speculative, theoretic, theoretical), student (colleger, student, undergraduate), pedagog universiteti (lecturer), letrar (academical, bookish, literary), klasik (academical, classic, classical). (various references) | |
Arabic | مصطلحي, نظري (abstract, notional, paper, perspective, theoretic, theoretical), غير عملي (impracticable, impractical, platonic, theoretic, theoretical, unpractical, unwieldy, visionary), تقليدي (classic, classical, conventional, imitative, imitator, oldish, orthodox, traditional), جامعي (ivy, universal), أكاديمي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сух (academical, anhydrous, arid, aseptic, bald, brut, chaffy, chippy, dried, droughty, dry, fleshless, gaunt, hacking, lean, liny, matter of fact, pedestrian, prosy, rainless, sapless, sec, spare, tearless, undamped, uninspired), учен (boffin, clerkly, erudite, learned, literate, man of science, sage, savant, scholar, scholastic, scientist, student), университетски (academical, collegiate, university), член на научно дружество (fellow), чисто теоретически (academical), традиционен (academical, classic, conservative, hereditary, set, traditional), академически (academical), академичен (academical, collegiate), абстрактен (abstract, abstractive, academical, discrete, noetic, transcendental), педантичен (academical, bookish, donnish, finical, literal, mandarin, niminy-piminy, pedantic, pettifogging, precise, priggish, punctilious, punctual, scholastic, starchy, stuffy). (various references) | |
Catalan | estudiant (student). (various references) | |
Chinese | 學" (learning, science), 学术 (Academical). (various references) | |
Czech | akademický (academical, scholarly), vysokoškolský, vìdecký (scientific), univerzitní, teoretický (doctrinaire, doctrinarian, scholarly, theoretic, theoretical), studijní (scholastic). (various references) | |
Danish | student (holder of the Baccalaureate, scholar, student). (various references) | |
Dutch | academisch. (various references) | |
Esperanto | akademia, universitata profesoro, universitata diplomito (university graduate), universitata, studento (student). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tungur (burdensome, heavy, onerous), dølskur. (various references) | |
Farsi | عضوفرهنگستان , طرفدارحکمت وفلسفه افلاطون . (various references) | |
Finnish | akateeminen, yliopistollinen (university). (various references) | |
French | académique. (various references) | |
Frisian | akademysk, akademikus (university graduate), studint (student), flegmatysk. (various references) | |
German | akademisch (academical, academically, collegiate, learned, Longhair, scholastic, university). (various references) | |
Greek | ακαδημαϊκόσ (academical, academician, collegiate, scholastic). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | student (student). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עיו י (notional, speculative, theoretical), או יברסיטאי (university), אק"מי (scholastic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | akadémiai (academical), elméleti (academical, bookish, ideological, platonic, pure, speculative, theoretic, theoretical), egyetemi (academical, university), akadémikus (academician). (various references) | |
Indonesian | akademis, akademikus (academian, academician), akademik, sarjana (academician, scholar). (various references) | |
Irish | acadúil. (various references) | |
Italian | studente (student, undergraduate), accademico (academical, academician, scholastic). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アカデミー賞 (a capella, academician, academicism, academism, Academy Award, accumulator, Achilles, agape, Christian feast in token of fellowship, Christian fellowship), 学究的 (scholastic). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がっきゅうてき (scholastic), アカデミック . (various references) | |
Korean | 학문 (Studies, study). (various references) | |
Malay | pelajar (student). (various references) | |
Manx | scoillar (man of learning, pupil), ollooagh (doctoral, professorial), ard-schoillaragh, ard-schoillar (collegian), acadoil. (various references) | |
Norwegian | student (scholar, student). (various references) | |
Papiamen | akadémiko, univèrsitario, teorétiko (abstract, theoretical), studiante (female student, student). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | academicay.(various references) | |
Polish | student (student), flegmatyczny. (various references) | |
Portuguese | acade^mico (academician), acadêmico (academical, academician, scholastic, student). (various references) | |
Romanian | academic (academical, academically, scholastic), universitar (academical, collegiate, scholastic, university), teoretic (abstract, academical, notional, notionally, speculative, theoretical), student (collegian, collegiate, fresher, freshman, matriculate, scholar, student, undergrad, undergraduate), scolastic (academical, scholastic, scholastically), savant (erudite, expert, learned, pedantic, pedantry, savant, scholar, scholarly, scientist, skilfully, well informed, well read), profesor (master, pedagogue, pedant, Professor, schoolman, schoolmaster, teacher), pedant (academical, bookish, captious, censorious, dryasdust, far fetched, inkhorn, milliner, opinioned, pedant, pedantic, pernickety, precise, precisian, prig, priggish, priggishly, prissy, prolix, punctilious, scholastic), clasicizant (academical, academician, classic-like). (various references) | |
Russian | академический (academical). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | akademski (academical, scholarly), univerzitetski (academical, parietal, university), student (collegian, student), profesor (professor, school teacher), nastavnik (educator, instructor, master, school teacher, teacher), školski (dummy, practice, school). (various references) | |
Spanish | estudiante (quail, scholar, student), académico (academical, academician). (various references) | |
Swedish | akademisk (academical, formal, graduate, scholarly, scholastic). (various references) | |
Turkish | akademik (academical), teorik (abstract, academical, pure, speculative, technical, theoretic, theoretical), teorík (abstract, theoretical), nazarí (abstract, theoretical), kuramsal (abstract, academical, doctrinaire, hypothetic, hypothetical, notional, pure, speculative, theoretic, theoretical), bilimsel (academical, erudite, scholarly, scientific). (various references) | |
Ukranian | універсітетський (academical), традиційний (classical, hereditary, iconic, old-line, traditional), теоретичний (abstract, platonic, pure, speculative, theoretic, theoretical), канонічний (canonic, canonical, iconic), викладач (lecturer), навчальний (educational, instructional, training), акдемічний. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trừu tượng (metaphysical, transcendental). (various references) | |
Welsh | athrofaol (academical, collegiate), academig (scholarly). (various references) | |
Zulu | isitshudeni (student). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "academic": academical, academically, academician, academicians, academicism, academicisms, academics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "academic": antiacademic, nonacademic, unacademic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "academic": antiacademics, nonacademics, unacademically. (additional references) | |
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"Academic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: academi, academica, academie, academjic, academyish, acadmic, accademic, acedemic, Aceldama, achademic, acidemic, Akademi, ecdemic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "academic" (pronounced a'kude"mik) |
| 8 | a' k u d e" m i k | nonacademic. |
| 6 | -u d e" m i k | epidemic. |
| 5 | -d e" m i k | endemic, pandemic. |
| 4 | -e" m i k | polemic, systemic. |
| 3 | -m i k | aerodynamic, anemic, atomic, autonomic, bulimic, cataclysmic, ceramic, comic, cosmic, cytoplasmic, diatomic, dynamic, economic, electrodynamic, endothermic, ergonomic, exothermic, formic, gastronomic, gimmick, gnomic, hemodynamic, hypodermic, hypoglycemic, hypothalamic, logarithmic, macroeconomic, microeconomic, mimic, monatomic, noneconomic, ophthalmic, organismic, panoramic, patronymic, photodynamic, psychodynamic, rhythmic, samek, seismic, socioeconomic, subatomic, tragicomic, uneconomic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-i-m" | |
-1 letter: cicadae. | |
-2 letters: acedia, cadmic, cicada. | |
-3 letters: acmic, aecia, aimed, amice, amide, caeca, maced, mecca, media, medic. | |
-4 letters: aced, acid, acme, aide, amia, amid, amie, caca, cade, cadi, caid, came, ceca, cedi, dace, dame, dice, dime, emic, iced, idea, idem, mace, made, maid, mead, mica, mice. | |
-5 letters: ace, aid, aim, ama, ami, cad, cam, dam, die, dim, ice, mac, mad, mae, med, mid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-i-m" | |
+1 letter: academics, acclaimed. | |
+2 letters: academical, acclimated, unacademic. | |
+3 letters: academician, academicism, accompanied, nonacademic. | |
+4 letters: academically, academicians, academicisms, acclimatised, acclimatized, antiacademic, decalcomania, machicolated, nonacademics, unacclimated. | |
+5 letters: accommodative, antiacademics, decalcomanias, miscalculated, radiochemical, unaccompanied. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 61 64 65 6D 69 63 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. .- -.. . -- .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100001 01100100 01100101 01101101 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c a d e m i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0061 0064 0065 006D 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3569677071797569 |
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