academic
adjective
of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution.
quasi-academic
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a word derived from
academic.
Example Sentences
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“Us” is a movie that defies the jigsaw-fit, quasi-academic interpretation that pervades recent criticism.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2019
“Schadenfreude” joins a spate of quasi-academic books that seek to elucidate a common phenomenon for the general reader — in the appealing manner of philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt’s popular little treatise, “On Bullshit....”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
A big part of Microsoft’s fate rests with its research arm, the quasi-academic group responsible for conjuring breakthroughs that will keep Microsoft relevant for generations to come.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2015
Created by Wiel Coerver, a Dutch coach, the method is a quasi-academic system based on specific skill acquisition.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2013
In America, these battles are being fought out between the quasi-academic likes of the Columbia Journalism Review and Professor Clay Shirky of New York University, the supreme guru of internet ideology.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2012
