ETYM Latin academicus: cf. French académigue. Related to Academy.
1. Associated with academia or an academy.
2. Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result.
3. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects; SYN. donnish, pedantic.
Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function.
ETYM Latin scholasticus, Greek, from scholazein to keep a school: cf. French scholastique, scolastique. Related to School.
1. Of or relating to schools.
2. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism.
educational institution · philosophical doctrine · philosophical theory