abstraction-monger
depreciative
noun
A scholar, thinker, etc., who shows a preference for abstract concepts over practical judgements or empirical facts.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher.
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