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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
around the condo complex she's known as the nutcase who consistently ignores the rules
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as in lunatic
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
only a nutcase would try to accelerate a campfire by dousing it with gasoline
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Recent Examples of nutcase
That is enough to prompt scheduling a video chat with a purported demonologist (Laura Heisler) who does not seem a nutcase or charlatan.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
Although My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) was made in 2020, before Libs of TikTok exposed school-teacher lunacy, writer-director Caroline Vignal proves prescient about the eccentricity that goes deeper than the profession’s nutcase radicalism.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 July 2022
Video testimony provided other repudiations of Eastman’s nutcase legal theory.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 June 2022
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
Although My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) was made in 2020, before Libs of TikTok exposed school-teacher lunacy, writer-director Caroline Vignal proves prescient about the eccentricity that goes deeper than the profession’s nutcase radicalism.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 July 2022
Video testimony provided other repudiations of Eastman’s nutcase legal theory.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutcase
Noun
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For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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So that episode will make fun [of] billionaire life-extension body-hacking lunatics.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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Animated characters like Tony the Tiger, Count Chocula and Fred Flintstone blurred the line between ads and morning cartoons.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The novel can get busy—Taylor introduces each of Wyeth’s studio mates in the first chapter, then all but abandons half of them to squeeze in more significant characters—but there’s a warmth in the overcrowding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Don’t let the success of KPop Demon Hunters at the box office fool you, Netflix is still Netflix.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sabonis and Zach LaVine are fringe All-Stars most seasons, Keegan Murray is a solid wing starter who shoots and defends, DeRozan can still get midrange buckets and shot-fake fools into heaps of fouls, and Malik Monk is electric in a sixth-man role.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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This wacko crew was one of the greatest things in the history of television.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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His search takes him to a wacko cult in the desert run by a scamster, and that of course puts the sheriff in deadly danger.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Terror struck in the UK on Yom Kippur, when a maniac attacked people outside a Manchester synagogue, killing at least two and critically injuring four more.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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What are the odds that this crackpot might find the perfect mix of soldiers and suckers for his quest among the late-night crowd at one of L.A.’s timeless-looking Norms joints?—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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In a sane world, someone who claimed that one of the most beneficial accomplishments in human history — the polio vaccine — did more harm than good would be seen as a dangerous crackpot.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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You macabre-loving weirdos can get your fright on in numerous ways around Greater Cincinnati.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Every city’s got that one weirdo kid making strange music.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Nutcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutcase. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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