Definition
A person who practices or advocates academicism; someone devoted to academic pursuits or who adheres strictly to academic traditions.
Etymology
From academic plus the suffix -ist, which denotes a person who practices, believes in, or is devoted to something. This suffix also appears in artist, scientist, and realist.
Kelly Says
The suffix -ist is fascinating because it can be praise or blame—calling someone a 'Platonist' is complimentary, but calling them an 'academist' often implies narrow-minded rigidity, showing how the same suffix carries different evaluations depending on what it's attached to.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ትምህርት ማህበራዊ
tem-hir-t mah-beh-ra-awi
ARالعربية
أكاديمي
ak-a-dee-mee
BNবাংলা
শিক্ষাবিদ
shik-sha-bid
CACatalà
acadèmic
ah-kah-deh-mik
CSČeština
akademik
ah-kah-deh-mik
DADansk
akademik
ah-kah-deh-mik
DEDeutsch
Academicer
ah-kah-deh-mee-ker
ELΕλληνικά
ακαδημαϊκός
ah-kah-deh-mee-kos
ESEspañol
académico
ah-kah-deh-mee-koh
FISuomi
akatemikko
ah-kah-teh-mik-ko
FRFrançais
académicien
ah-ka-de-mee-see-en
HEעברית
אקדמאי
ah-kah-deh-mee-ai
HIहिन्दी
शिक्षाविद
shik-sha-vid
HUMagyar
akademikus
ah-kah-deh-mee-kus
IDBahasa Indonesia
akademisi
ah-kah-deh-mee-si
IGIG
onye akwukwo
oh-nye ah-kwee-kwo
ITItaliano
accademico
ah-kah-deh-mee-koh
KKKK
академик
ah-kah-deh-mee-k
MSBahasa Melayu
akademik
ah-kah-deh-mik
NLNederlands
academicus
ah-kah-deh-mee-kus
NONorsk
akademik
ah-kah-deh-mik
PAPA
ਅਕਾਦਮਿਕ
ah-kah-deh-mik
PLPolski
akademik
ah-kah-deh-mik
PTPortuguês
académico
ah-kah-deh-mee-koh
RORomână
academician
ah-kah-deh-mee-see-an
RUРусский
академик
ah-kah-deh-mik
SVSvenska
akademik
ah-kah-deh-mik
SWKiswahili
mwalimu
mwa-lee-moo
TAதமிழ்
பாடசாலை
pa-da-sa-lai
TEతెలుగు
విద్యాపరమైన
vi-dya-pa-ra-ma-in
THไทย
นักวิชาการ
nak-wi-cha-gaan
TLTL
akademik
ah-kah-deh-mik
TRTürkçe
akademisyen
ah-kah-deh-mee-syen
UKУкраїнська
академік
ah-kah-deh-mee-k
VITiếng Việt
học giả
hoc-ghia
ZUZU
umfundisi
oo-m-fun-dee-si