Meanings
plural Hananiacs
- InternetUSgovernmentA fan of American political science researcher and right-wing political commentator (born 1985) Richard Hanania.
I'm a Hananiac
2022 April 28, @MainstreamViews, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 02 Jul 20263 more examples
Hm, you say that but just in the last hour or so they appear to have gotten rid of the label. Is someone from Bluesky security secretly a Hananiac?
2025 February 12, BurdensomeCountV3, “Did Richard delete his Bluesky account?”, in r/Hanania (Reddit post), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026The closest we will ever get to Hanania admitting his error for voting for Trump. Big day for Liberal Hananiacs.
2025 April 3, @Regret_Bucket, X (post), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026Jared Polis is a Hananiac I repeat Jared Polis is a Hananiac this is not a drill
2025 December 8, TitansDaughter, “Discussion Thread”, in r/neoliberal (Reddit post), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026
Origin
- Hebrewחֲנַנְיָה (khananyá)
- Arabicحنانيا
- EnglishHanania
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*mn̥yétor
- Proto-Hellenic*məňňómai
- Ancient Greekμαίνομαι (maínomai)
- Ancient Greekμᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)
- Ancient Greekμανιακός (maniakós)
- Late Latinmaniacu
- Frenchmaniaque
- Englishmaniac
- EnglishHananiac
Cite this entry
Hananiac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hananiac
“Hananiac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hananiac. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hananiac,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hananiac.
Source: Hananiac on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.