Словарь синонимов английского языка - academic

(adj) 1. scholastic, collegiate; scholarly, learned, lettered, erudite: Green's academic background qualifies him for the professorship. The univebsity began publishing academic journals in the !9th century. 2. theoretical, hypothetical, conjectural, speculative, abstract; ivory-tower, visionary, idealistic; impractical, unrealistic, unpractical: The car doesn't run, so the question of miles per gallon is purely academic.