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headcanon

American  

[hed-kan-uhn] / ˈhɛdˌkæn ən /

noun

headcanons plural

1. an audience member's personal opinions and beliefs about a fictional work, particularly beliefs that expand on the source material and are neither directly supported nor contradicted by that source.

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verb (used with object)

headcanoned, headcanoning

1. to accept or maintain as an opinion or belief about a fictional work.

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Derived Forms

• headcanonical
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• headcanons
  plural

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headcanon headcanons

In your headcanon, what has the China of this film’s reality become, not necessarily as a state actor, but as a concept?

From The Verge ● Mar. 9, 2022

The next year, fans across Twitter and Tumblr started going public with their headcanons.

From Slate ● May 23, 2018