1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Academic \Ac'a*dem"ic\, Academical \Ac'a*dem"ic*al\, adjective [L. academicus: cf. F. acad['e]migue. See {Academy}.] 1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy. 2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. ''Academic courses.'' --Warburton. ''Academical study.'' --Berkeley.

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