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Fanon is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Fanon in a sentence

Related words

Fanon | Fanone

Fanon meaning

  1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
  2. Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
  3. A maniple.

Using Fanon

  • The main meaning on this page is: A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass. | Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet. | A maniple.
  • In the example corpus, fanon often appears in combinations such as: frantz fanon.

Context around Fanon

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

frantz 8×

Often after:

writes 1× frederick 1× became 1× che 1× theorised 1×

Sentence patterns with Fanon

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ancestor frantz fanon had long 1× and frantz fanon made similar 1× baldwin frantz fanon frederick douglass 1× building on fanon along with 1× but rather fanon che malcolm 1× by frantz fanon in 1961 1× debord and fanon they all 1× fanon became a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

branding itself as 1× fanon became a 1× his memoir is 1× however as beaumont 1× in 1968 it 1× in black skin 1×

Common sentence endings:

about self actualisation 1× against the french 1× all still apply 1× among other men 1× decades before said 1× fanon frederick douglass 1×

Words around Fanon

Just before it in the word index:

fanola 2 fano 24 fanny 137 fannon 4 fannius 2 fannish 3

Just after it in the word index:

fanone 5 fanoron 2 fanorona 2 fanous 5 fanout 10 fanpage 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Fanon

  • In this selection, "fanon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, frantz, writes, frederick and became stand out and add context to how "fanon" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ancestor frantz fanon had long and and frantz fanon made similar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fanon" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fanon

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

So Marx and Marcuse, Debord and Fanon, they all still apply. (11 words)

Fanon became a member of the FLN and was involved in the resistance against the French. (16 words)

In Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon writes, “All I wanted was to be a man among other men. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

However, as Beaumont identifies, much of Fanon’s own hope in what a post-colonial world would look like was very much predicated on the physical manifestation of liberation, not just a changing of symbols or rhetoric. (37 words)

Revolutionary philosopher Frantz Fanon theorised that although the use of violence may serve to bring freedom, it is also necessary to deal with the collective trauma of a people – to bring about self-actualisation. (34 words)

Our departed ancestor Frantz Fanon had long warned us about post-colonial Africa falling for neo-liberal universalism because of the unpreparedness and distance between the masses and the political elites. (31 words)

Example sentences (13)

The anti-colonial bible, “The Wretched of the Earth,” written by Frantz Fanon in 1961, is widely taught on campus.

This sense of universality is perhaps best captured by Ato Sekyi-Otu’s notion of “partisan universalism,” building on Fanon, along with Marx, G. W. F. Hegel, and Aimé Césaire.

However, as Beaumont identifies, much of Fanon’s own hope in what a post-colonial world would look like was very much predicated on the physical manifestation of liberation, not just a changing of symbols or rhetoric.

In Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon writes, “All I wanted was to be a man among other men.

His memoir is strewn with words from others he read while in prison — Nelson Mandela, James Baldwin, Frantz Fanon, Frederick Douglass.

Branding itself as Pan-Africanist, the EFF incisively invokes the teachings of Frantz Fanon and Thomas Sankara, figures who, decades after their deaths, resonate positively on the continent.

Fanon became a member of the FLN and was involved in the resistance against the French.

In 1968, it wasn’t Gandhi who appealed to young African Americans and young whites, but rather Fanon, Che, Malcolm X and Mao.

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Our departed ancestor Frantz Fanon had long warned us about post-colonial Africa falling for neo-liberal universalism because of the unpreparedness and distance between the masses and the political elites.

Revolutionary philosopher Frantz Fanon theorised that although the use of violence may serve to bring freedom, it is also necessary to deal with the collective trauma of a people – to bring about self-actualisation.

So Marx and Marcuse, Debord and Fanon, they all still apply.

Those who attended the 2013 PsySSA Congress in Durban will recall the wonderful address given by Justice Moseneke when he conferred the Steve Biko Award posthumously on Frantz Fanon.

Many practitioners take Edward Saïd 's book Orientalism (1978) as the theory's founding work (although French theorists such as Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon made similar claims decades before Said).

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Common combinations with fanon

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "fanon" in a sentence?
An example: "The anti-colonial bible, “The Wretched of the Earth,” written by Frantz Fanon in 1961, is widely taught on campus." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "fanon" from authentic English texts.
What does "fanon" mean?
Fanon means: A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
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