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For the Yorkshire village, see Crackpot, North Yorkshire .


Crackpot most generally means a capriciously Eccentric Person . In various other uses, the term can mean:

  • Pejoratively, the term ''Crackpot'' is used against a person, subjectively also called a Crank , who writes or speaks in an authoritative fashion about a particular subject, often in science, but is alleged to have false or even ludicrous beliefs.

  • Someone addicted to Crack (i.e. a Drug Addict ) also known as a "crackhead."



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