Synonyms for academic
ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪkaca·dem·ic

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1. academician, academic, faculty memberadjective

   an educator who works at a college or university

   Synonyms:
   academician, schoolman, faculty member

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

2. academicadjective

   associated with academia or an academy

   "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"

   Synonyms:
   donnish, pedantic

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

3. academicadjective

   hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result

   "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"

   Synonyms:
   donnish, pedantic

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

4. academic, donnish, pedanticadjective

   marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

   Synonyms:
   donnish, pedantic

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly, applied

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1. scholastic

   Submitted by anonymous on December 15, 2020  

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1. academicadjective

   Synonyms:
   scholastic, literary, lettered

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1. List of paraphrases for "academic":

   university, academy, academics, universitaire, academia, university-based, scholarly, school, scholastic, theoretical, scholars, scolaire, universities, universitaires, educational, teaching, scholar, academician, scientific, university-level, academicians, formal, education

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1. ACADEMIC

   Synonyms:
   Azithromycin in Coronary Artery Disease: Elimination of Myocardial Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae

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1. Herbert Butterfield:

   The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ... allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process.

2. Amy Coney Barrett:

   I think that it's an academic question that wouldn't arise but it's something that I can't opine on particularly because it does lie at the base of substantive due process doctrine which is something that continues to be litigated in courts today.

3. Professor Freyd:

   It's the duty of faculty members to speak openly and honestly based on the extent to which they have expertise or information on a topic, our primary responsibility is to produce knowledge and to teach knowledge and that's why academic freedom is so important. If my job is to reveal the underlying truth of things and to teach that truth, if I see something that looks problematic, I speak honestly about it.

4. Jeffrey Lichtman:

   This is largely an academic exercise as the government has never located or identified even a penny of this $ 12.7 billion in proceeds supposedly generated by Mr. Guzman.

5. Ruth Patterson:

   In kids, we know breakfast really affects academic performance, and you would think perhaps the same thing would apply to adults.