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A dogmatic adherence to academic norms, hierarchies, and practices as the exclusive path to legitimate knowledge, while dismissing non‑academic forms of inquiry as inferior. The academic fanatic treats peer review as infallible, credentials as proof of insight, and institutional affiliation as validation. They reject community knowledge, indigenous epistemologies, or independent research as “unsourced” or “amateur.” Academic fanaticism protects the power of the ivory tower, ignoring that much valuable knowledge emerges outside formal institutions, and that academia itself has built‑in biases and exclusions.
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