fanonical
UK/fəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/US/fəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/
fanonical adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon.
Adjective
fanonical (comparative more fanonical, superlative most fanonical)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon.
- Here canon and fanon freely mesh: on the one hand, we have canonical elements such as "green, slanted eyes" and "thin body," and on the other, we have fanonical elements built on canonical ones, such as "fine-boned, cat-like," "beautiful, fey, little ... child."2014, Mafalda Stasi, “The Toy Soldiers from Leeds: The Slash Palimpsest”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet New Essays, page 124
- Because I disagreed with the decision to eliminate imagined relationships from the site, I created a page titled "Pairings (fanon)" on March 27, 2009, to restore the "cruft" (excessive, detailed material) that had been edited out, albeit within its own fanonical space as dictated by Lostpedia...2015, Jason Mittell, Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling, page 279
Forms of fanonical
| comparative | more fanonical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fanonical |
Origin of fanonical
From fanon + -ical.
Words that rhyme with fanonical
Questions about fanonical
- What does fanonical mean?
- Fanonical means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon.
- What part of speech is fanonical?
- Fanonical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fanonical?
- Fanonical is pronounced /fəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/ (UK).
Words near fanonical in the dictionary
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