オーバードクター

noun

unemployed PhD holder

Wasei-eigo term for a person with a doctorate who cannot find a stable academic position, often working part-time or unemployed. Carries a negative nuance about the academic job market.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from over doctor

• 博はく士し号ごうを取とったのに、オーバードクターになってしまった。

  Even though I got my PhD, I ended up as an unemployed doctorate holder.

noun

postdoctoral fellow; postdoc

Used in Japanese to refer to a postdoctoral researcher, though the English term 'postdoc' is also common. This sense overlaps with the first, but focuses on the temporary research position rather than unemployment.

• 彼かれは今いま、大だい学がくでオーバードクターとして研けん究きゅうを続つづけている。

  He is currently continuing his research at the university as a postdoctoral fellow.