academic

akademisk, akademiker

1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato. [from late 16th century]

2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]

3. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.

4. 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. [First attested in the late 16th century.]