zealot
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈzɛlət/
- Offensive
:
fanático
- Melvin's a religious zealot who, during the Depression, worked five jobs at once.
- a religious zealot
Why allow your local school board to be run by zealot lunatics?
- Why allow your local school board to be run by zealot lunatics?
- Stop hijacking the debate, gun control advocates, zealots.
- Candace is like a law enforcement zealot and really, really did not like me, just despised me.
- And I think he was just so a zealot for getting healthcare to some of the poorest people in the world.
- The health establishment have control, the green zealots health have control.
- They do not hold on to any one of these components like religious zealots identifying themself with lots of ists and isms and so on.
Examples
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Voices like Kindler's are few and far between as the social theory zealots push their agenda and dominate curricular policy.
Academic text (2001) -
Many consider him a political zealot due to his extreme views on government reform.
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Tony Matt, food zealot asks me when did you transition and how did you feel about it in the beginning?
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And I think he was just so a zealot for getting healthcare to some of the poorest people in the world.
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How can you lose to a bunch of religious zealots?
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But each day creates more zealots to challenge the rule of Rome and bring freedom.
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But when it comes to books, I'm as much a zealot as any literalist.
Fiction book (1990) -
These are extremist zealots that will stop at nothing to restrict a woman's right to choose.
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So, when are these religious zealots going to realize it's not only disrespectful of them to push their beliefs on others, in this case, it's actually illegal?
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He's a twentieth-century zealot on lithium, ranting the scriptures in Tagalog and English to anyone who listens.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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6.9
A person with very strong political or religious views who supports radical action
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6.8
A person who likes something so much it seems extreme
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6.8
A person who stays loyal to a belief, group, or team and refuses to change
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4.3
Showing very strong enthusiasm for a cause in a way that ignores reason
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9.9
A person who strongly supports a cause or activity
Antonyms
Compounds
How Zealous
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word zealot comes from the Greek root zēlos, which means 'zeal' or 'strong passion' and is the same root as English zeal and zealous. It was also the name of a Jewish group who fought hard for their beliefs, so a zealot today is someone with extreme passion who often does not change their mind.