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quackademic

quackademic adjective: pseudoscientific but within the academic community.

Adjective

quackademic (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, informal) pseudoscientific but within the academic community

Noun

quackademic (plural quackademics)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A quackish or pseudoscientific academic.

Forms of quackademic

pluralquackademics

Origin of quackademic

Blend of quack + academic; see quackery.

Questions about quackademic

What does quackademic mean?
Quackademic means pseudoscientific but within the academic community.
What part of speech is quackademic?
Quackademic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quackademic in the dictionary

  1. quack-breech
  2. quack-breeches
  3. quack-grass
  4. quack-salver
  5. quack-salvers
  6. quackademic
  7. quackademics
  8. quackbuster
  9. quackbusters
  10. quackbusting
  11. quackcinated

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