academic; academy

ETYM Latin academia. Related to Academy.
1. An academy.
2. Academia; the academic or university world.

The academic world; SYN. academe.
Tthe academic life, community, or world

ETYM Latin academicus: cf. French académigue. Related to Academy.
1. Associated with academia or an academy.
2. Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result.
3. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects; SYN. donnish, pedantic.

1. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
2. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
3. Pertaining to academy; learned; unpractical.

An administrator in a college or university.

A costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college.

An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; SYN. degree.

A division of a school that is responsible for a given subject.

Freedom to teach or to learn without interference (as by government officials)
The freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions.