fanaticism
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7.4
- noun
- /fəˈnætɪˌsɪzəm/
:
fanatismo
- She expressed her fanaticism by engaging in heated debates against anyone who disagreed with her views.
- religious fanaticism
- fanaticism and intolerance
- fanaticism and violence
Change that happened in Iraq has resulted in more fanaticism, like ISIS, for example.
- Change that happened in Iraq has resulted in more fanaticism, like ISIS, for example.
- This was the book I I went through with a kind of fanaticism.
- Now, an enthusiast for Hume means somebody who gives way to a kind of fanaticism that really comes from their feelings.
- The holy war and these conflicts are motivated by a certain kind of fanaticism that Calhous himself can take advantage of.
- But then the third one is the friendlies, the, the faith or, or fanaticism part.
Examples
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A recent poll found that two-thirds of the French associate Islam with religious fanaticism.
Academic text (1996) -
The line between scientific genius and obsessive fanaticism is a thin one.
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But why do you need religious fanaticism, or at least the danger of religious fanaticism to, to bring these together?
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Because of this fanaticism, the West is described on occasions as the major negative force, the enemy.
Academic text (2003) -
Perhaps this points to yet one more reason for their fanaticism and intolerance.
Academic text (2003) -
We must not allow closed-mind fanaticism to divide the world any further.
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The silent majority of my country, men and women, resisted the fanaticism and the hatred.
Academic text (1993) -
At that point, religious fanaticism comes to the fore, and the "solutions" it offers find new adherents.
Academic text (2011) -
It is not there to protect religion from the grasp of government... but to protect our government from the grasp of religious fanaticism.
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They will stop at nothing to destroy every last shred of evidence that opposes their fanaticism.
Synonyms
115
7.0
An unfair dislike of people from other groups like different races or religions
62
7.4
Holding very strong political or religious beliefs and supporting actions that harm others
50
4.6
Not willing to accept small annoyances or people with different views
4
8.9
Extreme pride in one's country that ignores people from other countries
4
9.5
Extreme and unfair support for an idea that does not accept other opinions
3
9.5
Very strong pride in your country that supports fighting other countries
1
5.6
A strong, eager interest in a cause or idea
1
8.6
Strong, blind support for a person, group, or product that ignores faults
Strong, unfair belief in an idea that ignores other views and shows hate toward people who disagree
A very strong love of your country that makes you reject criticism of it
Very strong, wild excitement that makes people act in an extreme way
Very strong excitement that goes too far and is not reasonable
A strong belief that your country is better than other countries and should be powerful
An attitude of not accepting different opinions or ways of life
Antonyms
How Fanatical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fanaticism comes from fanatic, which originally meant someone filled with strong religious feeling and comes from the Latin fanum 'temple'. So fanaticism means extreme, often intolerant enthusiasm, and even the short word fan, as in a sports fan, comes from fanatic.