Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fanonical

/fəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fanon-i-cal
IPA: /fəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon.

Slang

Example Sentences

"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.""
"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 policy."
"Thus while the Ron/Hermione ship is canonical, because Rowling included a relationship between the characters in her books, the Minerva/Hermione ship is fanonical, because a romantic or sexualized relationship between those characters exists only in the minds of fans."

Etymology

From fanon + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fanon

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/
British English: /fəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more fanonical (comparative) most fanonical (superlative)

Rhymes With

chronicle canonical ciceronical

Questions

How do you pronounce fanonical?: The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/.
What does fanonical mean?: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon.
Where does fanonical come from?: From fanon + -ical.

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