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A bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.
A stock character in fiction who embodies such an archetype.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The Nutty Professor franchise explores the light comedic potential of a mad scientist.
- Dr Strangelove explores the darker comedic potential of a mad scientist.
- Her new novel involves a mad scientist, but there's more to it than just bubbling flasks and lightning bolts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Doctor Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein, Dr Frankenstein, Frankenstein, mad professor
Antonyms: none provided
A bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.
A real-life scientist who is asserted to embody such an archetype.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The mad scientists at Acme Labs have done it again! [said either approvingly or disparagingly]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a scientist who is insane, power-mad, or similarly deranged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In the 1890s, some of the locals viewed the chemical plant as a folly run by mad scientists and venal aristocrats.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
луд учен
(lud učen)
— stock character in popular fiction
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Chinese Mandarin:
瘋狂科學家 /疯狂科学家
(fēngkuáng kēxuéjiā)
— stock character in popular fiction
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Chinese Mandarin:
怪博士
(guài bóshì)
— stock character in popular fiction
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Chinese Mandarin:
瘋狂教授 /疯狂教授
(fēngkuáng jiàoshòu)
— stock character in popular fiction
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Czech:
šílený vědec
— stock character in popular fiction
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Czech:
šílená vědkyně
— stock character in popular fiction
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Esperanto:
freneza sciencisto
— stock character in popular fiction
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Finnish:
hullu tiedemies
— stock character in popular fiction
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French:
savant fou
— stock character in popular fiction
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French:
savante folle
— stock character in popular fiction
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Galician:
científico tolo
— stock character in popular fiction
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German:
verrückter Wissenschaftler
— stock character in popular fiction
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German:
verrückte Wissenschaftlerin
— stock character in popular fiction
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Hungarian:
őrült tudós
— stock character in popular fiction
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Japanese:
マッドサイエンティスト
(maddo saientisuto)
— stock character in popular fiction
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Polish:
szalony naukowiec
— stock character in popular fiction
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Spanish:
científico loco
— stock character in popular fiction
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Spanish:
científica loca
— stock character in popular fiction
