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Noun Concept
Categories: Stock characters, Abstraction
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absent-minded professor  Absent professor  absentminded professor
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The absent-minded professor is a stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by below-par functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes. Wikipedia
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The absent-minded professor is a stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by below-par functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes. Wikipedia
A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. Wiktionary
Fictional character. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
stock character
Professor
DIFFERENT FROM
mad scientist
MAIN SUBJECT
absentmindedness
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absent-minded professor
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absent-minded professor
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absent-minded professor
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Absent professor, absentminded professor

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