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academic question

academic question noun: a question that is only of interest to academic scholars; a question of no practical importance.

Noun

academic question (plural academic questions)

  1. A question that is only of interest to academic scholars; a question of no practical importance.
    • Well, I'm afraid it's an academic question anyway because there won't be any five thousand dollars the way things look.2011, George Harmon Coxe, chapter 8, in Moment of Violence

Forms of academic question

pluralacademic questions

Questions about academic question

What does academic question mean?
Academic question means a question that is only of interest to academic scholars; a question of no practical importance.
What part of speech is academic question?
Academic question is a noun.
What is the plural of academic question?
The plural of academic question is academic questions.

Words near academic question in the dictionary

  1. academic freedoms
  2. academic institution
  3. academic institutions
  4. academic quarter
  5. academic quarters
  6. academic question
  7. academic questions
  8. academic weapon
  9. academic weapons
  10. academic year
  11. academic years

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