academician

noun

ac·​a·​de·​mi·​cian ˌa-kə-də-ˈmi-shən 

ə-ˌka-də-

1

a

: a member of an academy for promoting science, art, or literature

b

: a follower of an artistic or philosophical tradition or a promoter of its ideas

2

: academic

Examples of academician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s little scaffolding or bridging, virtually no space given to centralized agencies, which most development academicians would agree still have their place. —Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

Other founding principals include fellow academicians Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny. —Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024

That committee was the brainchild of two men, William Rusher, the publisher of National Review, and his longtime collaborator, F. Clifton White, a lapsed and low-keyed academician from upstate New York. —Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 9 July 2024

This initiative, which supports multiple languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, leverages a diverse network of academicians, researchers, tech platforms, and fact checkers. —Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French académicien, going back to Middle French, from academique academic entry 1 + -ien -ian

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for academician

• cycloaddition
• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
• neurotransmission
• nonrecognition