Pracademic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is both an academic and an active practitioner in their subject area.

    "The life and times of pracademics"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to a type of teaching style for entrepreneurs

    "I earned a pracademic degree."

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Etymology

Blend of practitioner + academic. The earliest reference may have been identified by a subscriber to Worldwide Words in 1973.

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