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A ~ person spends a lot of time studying and knows a lot about academic subjects.
He was an intellectual, ~ man.
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A ~ book or article contains a lot of academic information and is intended for academic readers.
...the more ~ academic journals.
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Scholarly matters and activities involve people who do academic research.
This has been the subject of intense ~ debate...
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