STEMlord

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noun

A self-important, condescending person with a background or interest in a STEM field, particularly one who disparages the humanities.

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Meanings

nounSTEMlord (plural STEMlords)

plural STEMlords · alternative STEM-lord

  1. derogatoryslangA self-important, condescending person with a background or interest in a STEM field, particularly one who disparages the humanities.

    "Yeah, Myra's basically a communist. I can't imagine how much they had had to offer to get her to agree to work for a bunch of right-wing STEMlords."

    2017 July 25, April Daniels, Sovereign, Diversion Books, →ISBN, pages 198–199
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    I've long learned that engaging with basement-dwelling STEMlords who come online looking for a fight is never a good idea — the last thing I want is to provide free entertainment for their fragile egos.

    2021 September 14, Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis, →ISBN, page 362

Origin

From STEM + -lord.

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Cite this entry
APA

STEMlord. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/STEMlord

MLA

“STEMlord.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/STEMlord. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “STEMlord,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/STEMlord.

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