Definition of "crackpots" [crackpots]

• Plural form of crackpot. (noun)

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• "Yes, there may be some weak minded crackpots that believe in all of that stuff, however to adopt the attitude that if someone believes any of that, then they are weak minded, love deprived crackpots, is a logical fallacy."
• "Gallien wondered whether he'd picked up one of those crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies."
• "He then went on (with exactly the sort of smug, know-it-all tone that makes ordinary people _want_ scientists to be wrong) to disparage so-called crackpots in general, but sometimes landing a blow or two on Velikovsky."