academic question

noun

A question that is only of interest to academic scholars; a question of no practical importance.

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nounacademic question (plural academic questions)

plural academic questions

  1. A question that is only of interest to academic scholars; a question of no practical importance.

    Well, I'm afraid it's an academic question anyway because there won't be any five thousand dollars the way things look.

    2011, George Harmon Coxe, chapter 8, in Moment of Violence
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