académique
academic
adjective ah-kah-deh-MEEK Rare
Origin: From Greek 'Akademia', the garden where Plato taught.
Usage Note
Académique can describe university study (un cursus académique) but in France it also relates to the official Académie française, the body that oversees the French language. When used pejoratively, it means overly formal or conventional — 'purely academic' in the sense of having no real-world application.
Examples
"Son style est trop académique."
Natural Translation
His style is too academic.
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