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The phrase "academic about" is correct and can be used in written English.
It usually means discussing or concerning academic or intellectual topics in an ambitious or serious way. Example: The professor's lecture was very academic about the role of language in shaping societal norms.
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There's nothing academic about it, it's absolute instinct.
But there's nothing dry or academic about Wiseman's oeuvre.
So rather than wax academic about the issue, couldn't we simply teach women some negotiation skills?
Perhaps my submissions had a whiff of the failed academic about them.
Though Mr. Wosner's recording gives support to Schoenberg's thesis, there is nothing academic about the performances.
There was nothing academic about his background, growing up in suburban north London in the 80s.
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But there I go, getting all fancy-academic about a production that asks first to be regarded as a compelling fairy tale, the kind that keeps you asking, "But what happens next?" Like much of that genre, this "Lear" is set in a sylvan world that is transformed from enchanted daylight into deepest night.
Baker is already fielding calls from academics about the collection.
Inevitably, there are differences among academics about which hypotheses are best supported by the data.
There is no consensus among academics about the impact of immigration, with studies drawing different conclusions.
I heard the same thing from many other academics—about Twitter, Airbnb, Google, and so on.
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