quasi-academic

adjective

Resembling academic work.

OriginEnglish academic ← French académique ← Latin acadēmicu →
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Meanings

adjectivequasi-academic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableResembling academic work.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  14. Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
  15. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  16. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
  17. Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
  18. Medieval Latinacadēmicus
  19. Latinacadēmicu
  20. Frenchacadémique
  21. Englishacademic
  22. Englishquasi-academic

From quasi- + academic.

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APA

quasi-academic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasi-academic

MLA

“quasi-academic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasi-academic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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