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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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Catherine O’Hara portrayed ridiculous eccentrics with equal parts hilarity and humanity.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Feb. 2026
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Greg Brown, the original guitarist and co-founding member of ’90s alt-rock eccentrics Cake, has died.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Beating these lunatics was incredible, right?—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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That Tomás, who has already survived the Great Hunger as well as a cruel workhouse, isn’t already a lunatic is perhaps less fantastical than the plot itself at times.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The space’s custom art was created by Amazonian artist Winny Tapajós, portraying a mischievous garden scene full of whimsical characters.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sadly, OpenAI plays us for fools.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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For years, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has been a wizard at designing blitzes that fool quarterbacks.—
Sam McDowell
February 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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However, unexpected and decidedly unwelcome guests keep turning up, including Beau’s brother, and a man who might be a homicidal maniac.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
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Not the fear of an actor out of her element, or the more mundane fear of a victim being chased around by an ax-wielding maniac.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In one corner, the heartless girlboss; in the other, the crackpot conspiracy theorist (who just happens to be more sympathetic and charismatic than such types usually are).—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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The crackpots are the mainstream.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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Bits of bacon, mini hot-pockets, nutter butters and doritos.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
16 Jan. 2025
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Its founder was not a member of Congress but Paul Weyrich, a hard-right nutter with theocratic leanings with a fair claim to being the Johnny Appleseed of the New Right, having also co-founded the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.—
Timothy Noah,
The New Republic,
27 Mar. 2023
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“Nutcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutcase. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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