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crackpot

[ krak-pot ]

noun

  1. a person who is eccentric, unrealistic, or fanatical.


adjective

  1. eccentric; impractical; fanatical:

    crackpot ideas.

crackpot

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noun

  1. an eccentric person; crank
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. usually prenominal eccentric; crazy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of crackpot1

First recorded in 1860–65; from the phrase cracked pot
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Their water stays there — although every few years someone voices a crackpot idea about California importing water from the Columbia River.

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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.â€

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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.

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“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.â€

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That group, once dismissed as crackpots, allegedly planned to arrest MPs in Berlin on a day it also dubbed "Day X".

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