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academic

B1Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˌækəˈdemɪk/US /ˌækəˈdemɪk/
adjective

connected with education, especially studying in schools and universities

noun

a person who teaches and/or does research at a university or college

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And of course, the academic, insecure part of me was like, "You're going to call me a what?"

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