academic | | |
n. (person) | 1. academic, academician, faculty member | an educator who works at a college or university. |
| ~ educator, pedagog, pedagogue | someone who educates young people. |
| ~ prof, professor | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university. |
adj. (pertain) | 2. academic | associated with academia or an academy.; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns" |
adj. | 3. academic | hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result.; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question" |
| ~ theoretical | concerned with theories rather than their practical applications.; "theoretical physics" |
adj. | 4. academic, donnish, pedantic | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. |
| ~ scholarly | characteristic of scholars or scholarship.; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude" |
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