SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
academic
adjective
Relating to scholarship, study, or educational institutions; also theoretical rather than practical.
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Connected with study
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Return to topScholarly emphasizes learning or research; educational applies more widely to teaching.
Theoretical in nature
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Return to topThis sense describes a question with little immediate practical consequence.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See academic in use
The journal expects academic arguments to be supported by evidence.
In an academic seminar, students compared how two fictional neighborhoods organized their shared spaces using details from an assigned novel.
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