An adjective meaning:
- pertaining to or demonstrating the attributes of Fortean Skepticism, characterized by a refusal to accept conventional or established beliefs, whether those beliefs are ‘scientific’, or ‘alternative’, or otherwise.
- typical of material, subjects, or thought likely to be of interest to Fortean Skeptics — while literally any subject may be viewed in the light of Fortean Skepticism, stereotypically Fortean subjects are ‘fringe’ subjects such as cryptozoology, paranormal activity, crop circles, and ley lines.
Derived from the name of the American
author and
free-thinker Charles Hoy Fort.