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fanti

/ˈfænti/

fanti noun: one who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.

Noun (1)

fanti (plural fanpol or fantis)

  1. (derogatory, slang) One who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.
    • Fantis condemn "problematic" ships & fanfic more often and with more vigor than they condemn harassment in fandom.2023 January 23, discourse catharsis (@lizcourserants), Twitter
    • I love toxic ships, but I was so turned off by the fantis that I visibly cringe whenever I see it2023 January 31, Alchemilla (@vitavillis), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

Noun (2) capitalized: Fanti

Fanti (plural Fantis or Fanti)

  1. A member of an ethnic group living in south-western Ghana (also known as Mfantsefo).

Proper noun capitalized: Fanti

Fanti

  1. The language of these people.

Synonyms of fanti

All synonyms of fanti

Forms of fanti

pluralfanpol
pluralfantis
pluralFantis
pluralFanti
alternative formFantee
alternative formFante

Origin of fanti

Blend of fan + anti (“a fan who objects to something on moral or sociopolitical grounds”).

From the Fanti language.

Words that rhyme with fanti

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about fanti

What does fanti mean?
Fanti means one who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.
What part of speech is fanti?
Fanti can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fanti?
Fanti is pronounced /ˈfænti/.
What is the plural of fanti?
The plural of fanti is fanpol.

Words near fanti in the dictionary

  1. fanteagues
  2. Fantee
  3. fanteeg
  4. fanteegs
  5. Fantees
  6. fanti
  7. fantigue
  8. fantigues
  9. Fantini
  10. Fantinis
  11. fantique

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fanti (page history and authors); Fanti (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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