collocation: academic

academic adj.

verbs

be

become

adverb

merely , purely , strictly

The distinction being made is purely ~.

largely , rather , somewhat

overly ( esp. AmE )

The writers' approach is not overly ~.

Academic is used with these nouns: ~ ability  , ~ achievement , ~ appointment , ~ arena , ~ article ,~ aspiration , background , blog , boycott , brilliance , calendar , career , circle , colleague , community , competence , conference , controversy , course , credentials , criticism , culture , curriculum , debate , discipline , discussion , distinction , economist , enquiry , enterprise , establishment , excellence , exchange , exercise , expertise , failure , field , freedom , gown , historian , honour , institution , integrity , interest , jargon , journal , lawyer , librarian , library , life , medicine , merit , opinion , peer , performance , preparation , prestige , proficiency , programme , progress , prose , prowess , psychologist , psychology , publication , publisher , publishing , pursuit , qualification , question , record , referee , reputation , requirement , research , researcher , respectability , rigour , scholarship , setting , specialist , specialization , sphere , staff , standard , standing , study , subject , success , tenure , text , theology , tradition , training , work , world , writer , writing , year