academic

Definitions

• Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
• Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
• Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational
• Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.
• Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
• (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
• So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
• Subscribing to the architectural standards of .
• Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.