Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific
Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills. Their academic standards are high I was terrible at school and left with few academic qualifications + academically aca·dem·ical·ly He is academically gifted
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns
You can say that a discussion or situation is academic if you think it is not important because it has no real effect or cannot happen. Such is the size of the problem that these arguments are purely academic. = theoretical. a teacher in a college or university
Academic is used to describe things that relate to schools, colleges, and universities. the start of the last academic year I'd had enough of academic life
hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question" marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns