interdisciplinary

Definition

Academic jargon for when multiple departments need to collaborate, usually resulting in meetings where no one fully understands what the others are talking about. It's the university's way of saying "teamwork" while making it sound more prestigious and grant-worthy. In practice, it means twice the bureaucracy with the added challenge of navigating different institutional cultures.

Example Usage

Our interdisciplinary research team brought together biologists, engineers, and sociologists who spent the first semester just trying to agree on terminology.

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