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- "If you spent more time in academic pursuits and less time in social ones, you could easily make good grades," the dean told Valerie
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- academic thinkers who have no understanding of realpolitik
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- your arguments are merely academic—such a worst-case scenario is unlikely to ever occur
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academic
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of academic (Entry 2 of 2)
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- educationist
- [chiefly British],
- educator,
- instructor,
- pedagogue
- (also pedagog),
- preceptor,
- schoolteacher,
- teacher
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9 Slang Words With Academic Origins
9 Slang Words With Academic Origins
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“Academic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academic. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of academic was in 1581
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