■ adjective
1》 relating to education and scholarship.
↘scholarly rather than technical or practical.
2》 (of an art form) conventional in an idealized or excessively formal way.
3》 not related to a real or practical situation and therefore irrelevant.
■ noun a teacher or scholar in a university or college.
Derivatives
~ally adverb
Origin
C16: from Fr. académique or med. L. ~us , from academia (see academy ).