Meanings
plural fandomentalists
- derogatoryslanglifestyleOne who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.
Fandomentalists continue to run away from anything that even remotely challenges their shallow worldview and might make them ease up on those pearls
2023 November 5, jamesphobos (@jamesphobos), Twitter2 more examples
Violence is so normalized that fandomentalists think ‘normal people’ send death threats & mount harassment campaigns against ppl who ship/create fictional things they don’t like
2019 October 2, freetofic (@freetofic), TwitterThe true and cardinal sign of a puritanical fandomentalist, tbh, that still hasn't learned the difference between fiction and reality, and thinks everyone else is like them.
2019 October 3, Ravenari (Mx Foxhall) (@Ravenari), TwitterSynonyms: anti, fancop, fandom Frollo, fanpol, fanti, Frollo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.
Origin
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fandomentalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fandomentalist
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