Also means
scholarly
Usage Note
Académico describes anything relating to formal education or a scholarly institution. As a noun it means an academic or university professor: el académico presentó su investigación. The feminine form is académica.
Examples
"El debate académico fue muy interesante."
Natural Translation
The academic debate was very interesting.

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