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pracademic

pracademic noun: someone who is both an academic and an active practitioner in their subject area.

Noun

pracademic (plural pracademics)

  1. Someone who is both an academic and an active practitioner in their subject area.
    • The life and times of pracademics

Adjective

pracademic (comparative more pracademic, superlative most pracademic)

  1. Pertaining to a type of teaching style for entrepreneurs
    • I earned a pracademic degree.
    • The Pracademic Curve

Forms of pracademic

Noun
pluralpracademics
Adjective
comparativemore pracademic
superlativemost pracademic

Origin of pracademic

Blend of practitioner + academic. The earliest reference may have been identified by a subscriber to Worldwide Words in 1973.

Words that rhyme with pracademic

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Questions about pracademic

What does pracademic mean?
Pracademic means someone who is both an academic and an active practitioner in their subject area.
What part of speech is pracademic?
Pracademic can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of pracademic?
The plural of pracademic is pracademics.

Words near pracademic in the dictionary

  1. Prabhava
  2. prabhu
  3. prabhus
  4. Prabumulih
  5. prac
  6. pracademic
  7. pracademics
  8. praccied
  9. praccies
  10. praccy
  11. praccying

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