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Definition frackademic in British English

frackademic noun

noun
1

a negative term for an academic who write in support of fracking (=a type of mining for gas, oil etc. that is considered by many to be environmentally harmful)

Example

The MIT frackademics stuck to the party line: they only tested newly completed wells

Definition frackademic in British English