Synonym: academician, donnish, faculty member, pedantic. Similar words: epidemic, decade, chemical, a case in point, incommunicado, demand, dynamic, Islamic. Meaning: [‚ækə'demɪk] 
n. an educator who works at a college or university. adj. 1. associated with academia or an academy 2. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result 3. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
n. an educator who works at a college or university. adj. 1. associated with academia or an academy 2. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result 3. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. 
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1. She chose an academic career.
2. He launched a determined attack on academic criticism.
3. The academic year commences at the beginning of October.
4. I was never a particularly academic child.
5. The enrolment criteria are geographical rather than academic.
6. The school strives for academic excellence.
7. A good historian must have an academic mind.
8. He possessed no academic qualifications.
9. The issue centers around academic freedom.
10. It's becoming increasingly difficult to acquire academic tenure .
11. The university is composed of five academic schools.
12. The academic year is divided into two terms.
13. All the candidates had excellent academic credentials.
14. The issue centers round academic freedom.
15. Other students may try to improve their academic performance by going to their summer schools.
16. It's an academic transcript.
17. Academic ability is not the sole criterion for admission to the college.
18. Professor Greenan has a high standing in the academic world.
19. Many of our teachers also have valuable academic links with Heidelberg University.
20. She wasn't very academic and hated school.
21. The author has settled for a more academic approach.
22. He was a respected academic and above suspicion.
23. He got top marks for overall academic performance.
24. She's always shown an academic turn of mind.
25. Her husband is a famous academic.
26. The students return in October for the start of the new academic year.
27. There is a close connection between family background and academic achievement.
28. The university's exchange scheme for teachers has cemented its links with many other academic institutions.
29. The students ought not to be compelled to go back of academic titles to find out what they mean.
30. He spent the first twenty-five years of his priesthood as an academic.
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