Ma’anar ƙamus na “amincin ƙwaƙwalwa” ƙaƙƙarfan gungun masana ne ko masu ba da shawara da ba da shawara, jagora, da mafita ga wata matsala ko yanayi. Ana amfani da kalmar sau da yawa don yin nuni ga ƙungiyar masana ko masana waɗanda ke aiki tare don haɓaka sabbin dabaru, manufofi, ko dabaru a wani fage, kamar siyasa, tattalin arziki, ko kimiyya. An yi imanin cewa kalmar "amincin kwakwalwa" ta samo asali ne a farkon karni na 20, a lokacin shugabancin Franklin D. Roosevelt, don kwatanta gungun masana da masana da suka ba shi shawara kan harkokin tattalin arziki da zamantakewa.