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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61. She doesn't fit the traditional mould of an academic.
62. Private schools tend to stress the more academic subjects.
63. She subscribes to quite a few academic journals.
64. Their academic standards are high.
65. She already has good academic qualifications under her belt.
66. An American academic was expelled from the country yesterday.
67. The whole thing's academic now-we can't win anyway.
68. Do you have any teaching/legal/medical/secretarial/academic qualifications?
69. Her academic credentials include an MA and a PhD.
70. I have to plan my academic work very rigidly and set myself clear objectives.
71. The question of where we go on holiday is purely academic since we don't have any money.
72. It was all academic, because there were never any profits to share out.
73. He is no longer in the race for academic awards.
74. The change is part of the government's policy of phasing in Arabic as the official academic language.
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75. A financial scandal would shake the Institute's standing in the international academic community.
76. I was terrible at school and left with few academic qualifications.
77. At school his academic progress was hindered by a series of health problems.
78. Such is the size of the problem that these arguments are purely academic.
79. This is not a purely academic exercise: it should have a real impact on the way we work as a department.
80. He reacquired an academic reputation after five years of hard work.
81. The new recruits were drawn from a range of academic disciplines.
82. The system is failing most disastrously among less academic children.
83. Now the examination score serves as the only criterion for a student's academic performance.
84. It takes time for the validity or fruitfulness of any academic development to become clear.
85. Many employers consider hands-on experience to be as useful as academic qualifications.
86. Students need to have time for relaxation and cultural activities , as well as for academic work.
87. It's impossible to apply the same academic standards across the country.
88. The secret police were determined to stamp out the last flickers of academic freedom.
89. Academic success is not always an open sesame to a well-paid job.
90. Actually, few of us admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students' academic development.
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