mad scientist
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mad scientist
noun mad scientists
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A stock character in fiction who embodies such an archetype.
The Nutty Professor franchise explores the light comedic potential of a mad scientist.
Similar: Doctor Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein, Dr Frankenstein, Frankenstein, frankenstein, mad professor
- A real-life scientist who is asserted to embody such an archetype. The mad scientists at Acme Labs have done it again! [said either approvingly or disparagingly]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a scientist who is insane, power-mad, or similarly deranged. In the 1890s, some of the locals viewed the chemical plant as a folly run by mad scientists and venal aristocrats.
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noun stock character in popular fiction
| Español | científico loco, científica loca |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | マッドサイエンティスト maddo saientisuto |
| 中文 | 瘋狂科學家 /疯狂科学家 fēngkuáng kēxuéjiā, 怪博士 guài bóshì, 瘋狂教授 /疯狂教授 fēngkuáng jiàoshòu |
| Français | savant fou, savante folle |
| Deutsch | verrückter Wissenschaftler, verrückte Wissenschaftlerin |
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