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crackpot
[ krak-pot ]
noun
- a person who is eccentric, unrealistic, or fanatical.
adjective
- eccentric; impractical; fanatical:
crackpot ideas.
crackpot
/ ˈæˌɒ /
noun
- an eccentric person; crank
adjective
- usually prenominal eccentric; crazy
Word History and Origins
Origin of crackpot1
Example Sentences
Greenland and Canada have much better social policies, and fewer crackpot politicians, than the U.S.
Their water stays there — although every few years someone voices a crackpot idea about California importing water from the Columbia River.
As Hannah Arendt said, “Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
He's found the perfect instrument for his revenge in Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a conspiracy theorist with a whole lot of crackpot ideas but who, like Trump, believes that he knows better than scientists.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
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