Crankism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The beliefs or behaviour of a crank (unconventional person); eccentricity; kookishness. uncountable

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aberrationabnormalityanomalydeviationdivergenceidiosyncrasy

Etymology

From crank + -ism.

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