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   academic

   /ˌakəˈdɛmɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to education and scholarship: "academic achievement" Similar educationalscholasticinstructionalpedagogicalschoolcollegecollegiateuniversityscholarlystudiousliterarywell readintellectualclevereruditelearnededucatedculturedbookishhighbrowpedanticdonnishcerebralseriousinformal:brainydated:lettered
   • ▪ relating to an educational or scholarly institution or environment: "students resplendent in academic dress"
   • ▪ (of an institution or a course of study) placing a greater emphasis on reading and study than on technical or practical work: "a very academic school aiming to get pupils into Oxford or Cambridge"
   • ▪ (of a person) interested in or excelling at scholarly pursuits and activities: "Ben is not an academic child but he tries hard"
   • ▪ (of an art form) conventional, especially in an idealized or excessively formal way: "academic painting"
   • 2. not of practical relevance; of only theoretical interest: "the debate has been largely academic" Similar theoreticalconceptualnotionalphilosophicalunpragmatichypotheticalspeculativeconjecturalconjecturedsuppositionalputativeindefiniteabstractvaguegeneralimpracticalunrealisticivory-towerirrelevantuselessrare:suppositioussuppositiveideationalOpposite practical

   noun

   • 1. a teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education: "the EU offers grants to academics for research on approved projects"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French académique or medieval Latin academicus, from academia (see academy).

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