academic
adjectiveRelating to scholarship, study, or educational institutions; also theoretical rather than practical.
Connected with study
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Clear all filtersRelating to scholarship, study, or educational institutions; also theoretical rather than practical.
Connected with study
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Concerned with beauty, art, or the appreciation of appearance.
Psychological discomfort associated with a perceived inconsistency among beliefs, attitudes, or behavior.
Discomfort from conflicting beliefs
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Different in kind or difficult to compare directly.
Relating to a church or its organization and clergy.
Irrelevant or not essential to the matter at hand.
Irrelevant or unnecessary
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Relating to revenue, spending, or financial administration.
Relating to the sense of touch.
Relating to pleasure or the experience of enjoyment.
Relating to the cultivation of gardens or plants.
Concerning garden cultivation
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Marked by exaggerated language; in mathematics, relating to a hyperbola or certain related structures.
Exaggerated in expression
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Rudely disrespectful; sometimes, irrelevant to the matter.
Rudely disrespectful
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A weakness or lack of strength, sometimes related to age or illness.
Not connected with or useful to the matter being considered.
Not bearing on the matter
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Relating to money or its use and supply.
Relating to disease or showing a persistent, abnormal pattern.
To relate to or concern something, usually in the phrase pertain to.
Directly connected with or useful to the matter being considered.
One word family: also includes relevance.
Relating to the interaction of social and economic conditions.
A range or ordered series of related things.
Outstanding or exceptionally good; also relating to stars.
Exceptionally good
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Only slightly or indirectly related to the main subject.
Relating to time or the sequence of events.
Related to treatment, or having a beneficial or soothing effect.
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