quantdom
nounEtymology From quant + -dom.
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The state of being a quant (a quantitative analyst).
- My eventual quantdom was not the culmination of a single-minded, eye-on-the-prize march to fulfill my destiny. It was the result of a series of accidents.2007, David Leinweber, “A Series of Accidents”, in Richard R. Lindsey, Barry Schachter, editors, How I Became a Quant: Insights From 25 of Wall Street's Elite, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 10:
- As quantdom grew more glamorous in the '90s — and as nerdhood in general became more firmly entrenched in the business world during the dot-com boom — any lingering ridicule behind quant faded away.2010 May 16, Ben Zimmer, “Quants”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2022: