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academician
UK /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ US /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
noun 3
Collocations
2ADJ.
brilliant, notorious
ACADEMICIAN + NOUN
precision, years
Definitions
noun
1
A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
One can learn more about the nature of our society by sharing in a small way the life of its victims than by interacting intellectually with its privileged academicians.
2
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’
noun
1
The title for someone who is an academician.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an educator who works at a college or university
noun — a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
- schoolman
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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One can learn more about the nature of our society by sharing in a small way the life of its victims than by interacting intellectually with its privileged academicians.
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‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’
Wiktionary03
The academician delivered a lecture so dense that even his peers struggled to follow it.
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As an academician, she valued precision.
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The academician spent years studying a single obscure poet from the 14th century.
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Though brilliant, the academician was notorious for his lack of practical sense.
Tatoeba · #13557626Usage Notes
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