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fanon

fanon

1 9.6
Ideas about a story created and accepted by fans but not part of the official story
  • noun
  • /ˈfænən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : fanon
  • We read sections of Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, the pages on Colonial Disorders.

Examples

  • The author's original novel inspired a lot of fanon among readers, leading to numerous alternate endings.

  • Mainly due to the absolutely gratuitous amounts of fanon you've come up with.

    Blog text (8)
  • Now they were researching a book on David's journeys while he was writing about Frantz Fanon in the 1960s.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The point is, Fanon is the keeper of the mythical in the classic sense that Georges Sorel defines it:

    Academic text (1994)
  • Frantz Fanon has been called everything from the apostle of violence to the messiah for colonized cultures worldwide.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Fanon puts it more poetically: "Without a Negro past, without a Negro future, I could not live my Negrohood."

    Academic text (1994)
  • Fanon masterfully proved, in psychological and ethical terms impossible to refute, that imperialist cultures put all of humankind at risk.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Psychologist Hussein Bulhan lauds Fanon for daring to portray colonial violence through the eyes of overrun cultures and the Third World.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Many fans create their own fanon that becomes popular in the community, even if it's not part of the official story.

  • Throughout the years, the fanon surrounding this character has enriched the overall narrative experience for fans.

How Accepted

canon
22 6.8
fanon
  • Jargon
1 9.6
headcanon
  • Jargon
1 9.9

Surface Forms

fanon singular
fanons plural

Morphology

fanon = fan + canon (semi-transparent) = fan + canon

The word is a blend of 'fan' and 'canon', and the meaning is broadly recoverable, though the specialized community sense is not fully predictable.

Etymology

Fanon is a modern blend of fan and canon, meaning ideas made by fans that are not part of the official story. So fanon refers to fan-made beliefs or stories that many people in a fan group accept as if they were the real 'canon'.