ACADEMICS
Noun
academics
plural of academic
Noun
academics (uncountable)
Academia.
Source: Wiktionary
ACADEMIC
Ac`a*dem"ic, n.
1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
Hume.
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
Ac`a*dem"ic, Ac`a*dem"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. academicus: cf. F.
académigue. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition