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quackademic

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Medieval Latin acadēmicusder. ▲ Latin acadēmicusbor. French académiqueder. English academic blend English quackademic Blend of quack + academic; see quackery.

  1. derived from ἀκαδημικός
  2. derived from academia
  3. derived from académique
  4. derived from acadēmicus
  5. compounded as quackademic — “quack + academic”

Definitions

  1. pseudoscientific but within the academic community

  2. A quackish or pseudoscientific academic.

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