noun
- intellectuals or highly educated people, especially those considered impractical or out of touch with ordinary concerns
Usage: informal; sometimes derogatory
Examples
- The politician criticized the eggheads in Washington for their complicated policies.
- Some people dismiss university professors as eggheads who don’t understand real-world problems.
- The tech company was founded by a group of eggheads from MIT.
- He felt intimidated by all the eggheads at the academic conference.
- The newspaper editorial mocked the eggheads who proposed the new economic theory.
- Despite being called eggheads, the research team made breakthrough discoveries.