nonacademic

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adjective

Not academic; not related to academia.

OriginEnglish academic ← French académique ← Latin acadēmicu →
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Meanings

adjectivenonacademic (not comparable)

alternative non-academic

  1. not comparableNot academic; not related to academia.
nounnonacademic (plural nonacademics)

plural nonacademics · alternative non-academic

  1. One who is not an academic.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  15. Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
  16. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  17. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
  18. Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
  19. Medieval Latinacadēmicus
  20. Latinacadēmicu
  21. Frenchacadémique
  22. Englishacademic
  23. Englishnonacademic

From non- + academic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nonacademic

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Cite this entry
APA

nonacademic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonacademic

MLA

“nonacademic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonacademic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonacademic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonacademic.

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