Presumed without analysis.
Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
Academic studies.
Academic dress; academicals.