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▸ adjective:  Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
▸ adjective:  Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
▸ adjective:  In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
▸ adjective:  Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
▸ adjective:  Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
▸ adjective:  (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
▸ adjective:  Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
▸ adjective:  So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
▸ noun:  (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  A member of the Academy; an academician.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A student in a college.
▸ noun:  (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
▸ noun:  (plural only) Academic studies.







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