Academic
[n] an educator who works at a college or university
[adj] hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"
[adj] marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
[adj] associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"
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abstract, armchair, bookish, book-learned, booky, chimerical, classroom, closet, collegiate, conjectural, cross-disciplinary, devoted to studies, diligent, donnish, dryasdust, erudite, extramural, graduate, graduate-professional, hypothetic, hypothetical,