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academented

academented adjective: representing wrong or harmful views or beliefs that are generally accepted in academia.

Adjective

academented (comparative more academented, superlative most academented)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) Representing wrong or harmful views or beliefs that are generally accepted in academia.
    • A woman who chooses to be a philosopher creating in her own right has little tolerance for the droning of academented professors who re-search and re-gurgitate the babble of dead men endlessly.1995, Ilene Rosoff, The WomanSource Catalog & Review
    • […] You are killing me with your academented stupidity." To her, the postmodern emphasis on cultural difference and the sociocultural construction of the self obscure the universal sameness and evil of patriarchy.1997, Gary J. Dorrien, The Word as True Myth: Interpreting Modern Theology, page 216

Forms of academented

comparativemore academented
superlativemost academented

Origin of academented

Blend of academic + demented.

Questions about academented

What does academented mean?
Academented means representing wrong or harmful views or beliefs that are generally accepted in academia.
What part of speech is academented?
Academented is an adjective.

Words near academented in the dictionary

  1. acad
  2. acad.
  3. acada
  4. acadas
  5. academe
  6. academented
  7. academentia
  8. academes
  9. academese
  10. academia
  11. academial

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